Black Label Society - the uncompromising, thunder-wielding force led by the one and only Zakk Wylde - roars back to life with their twelfth studio album, set for release on March 27, 2026. The record captures everything fans have come to worship about BLS: crushing riffs, soul-soaked solos, signature vocals, and that unmistakable mix of heaviness and heart that only Zakk can deliver.
Tracklist:
Name in Blood
Gatherer of Souls
The Hand of Tomorrows Grave
Better Days ; Wiser Times
Broken and Blind
The Gallows
Above ; Below
Back to Me
Lord Humungus
Pedal to the Floor
Broken Pieces
The Stranger
Ozzy's Song
UPC: 634164438074Label: Mnrk HeavyRelease Date: 3.27.26Format: CD
Black Label Society - the uncompromising, thunder-wielding force led by the one and only Zakk Wylde - roars back to life with their twelfth studio album, set for release on March 27, 2026. The record captures everything fans have come to worship about BLS: crushing riffs, soul-soaked solos, signature vocals, and that unmistakable mix of heaviness and heart that only Zakk can deliver.
Tracklist:
Name in Blood
Gatherer of Souls
The Hand of Tomorrows Grave
Better Days ; Wiser Times
Broken and Blind
The Gallows
Above ; Below
Back to Me
Lord Humungus
Pedal to the Floor
Broken Pieces
The Stranger
Ozzy's Song
UPC: 634164438081Label: Mnrk HeavyRelease Date: 3.27.26Format: CD
Black Label Society - the uncompromising, thunder-wielding force led by the one and only Zakk Wylde - roars back to life with their twelfth studio album, set for release on March 27, 2026. The record captures everything fans have come to worship about BLS: crushing riffs, soul-soaked solos, signature vocals, and that unmistakable mix of heaviness and heart that only Zakk can deliver.
Tracklist:
Name in Blood
Gatherer of Souls
The Hand of Tomorrows Grave
Better Days ; Wiser Times
Broken and Blind
The Gallows
Above ; Below
Back to Me
Lord Humungus
Pedal to the Floor
Broken Pieces
The Stranger
Ozzy's Song
UPC: 634164434168Label: Mnrk HeavyRelease Date: 3.27.26Format: CD
Black Label Society - the uncompromising, thunder-wielding force led by the one and only Zakk Wylde - roars back to life with their twelfth studio album, set for release on March 27, 2026. The record captures everything fans have come to worship about BLS: crushing riffs, soul-soaked solos, signature vocals, and that unmistakable mix of heaviness and heart that only Zakk can deliver.
Tracklist:
Name in Blood
Gatherer of Souls
The Hand of Tomorrows Grave
Better Days ; Wiser Times
Broken and Blind
The Gallows
Above ; Below
Back to Me
Lord Humungus
Pedal to the Floor
Broken Pieces
The Stranger
Ozzy's Song
UPC: 634164438098Label: Mnrk HeavyRelease Date: 3.27.26Format: CD
Now back in print just in time for the start of their tour
Tracklist:
All for You
Phoney Smiles ; Fake Hellos
13 Years of Grief
Rust
Superterrorizer
Counterfeit God
Ain't Life Grand
Just Killing Time
Stronger Than Death
Love Reign Down`
UPC: 634164627829Label: Mnrk One MusicRelease Date: 10.1.21Format: CD
Digitally remastered edition. Black Sabbath is the eponymous debut studio album by English rock band Black Sabbath. Originally released on February 13, 1970 in the United Kingdom and on June 1, 1970 in the United States, the album reached #8 on the UK Albums Charts and #23 on the Billboard charts. Black Sabbath was formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist and main songwriter Tony Iommi, bassist and main lyricist Geezer Butler, singer Ozzy Osbourne, and drummer Bill Ward. Black Sabbath is often cited as pioneers of heavy metal music. The band helped define the genre with a clutch of groundbreaking albums in the `70s. They have sold over 70 million records worldwide. Black Sabbath were inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006.
Tracklist:
Black Sabbath 6:22
The Wizard 4:25
Behind the Wall of Sleep 3:37
N.I.B. 6:07
Evil Woman 3:27
Sleeping Village 3:46
Warning 10:33
UPC: 081227946746Label: RhinoRelease Date: 8.5.16Format: CD
16 monster hits from the original Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Lommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward, spanning from 1970-1978 and includes over 80 minutes of music. Black Sabbath is to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 13, 2006 and this treasure proves that their induction couldn't come soon enough. Features such classics as "War Pigs, " "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" and "Iron Man."
Tracklist:
Black Sabbath
N.I.B.
Wizard, The
War Pigs
Paranoid
Iron Man
Sweet Leaf
Children of the Grave
Changes
Snowblind
Supernaut
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Hole in the Sky
Rock 'N' Roll Doctor
Never Say Die
Dirty Women
UPC: 081227336523Label: RhinoRelease Date: 3.14.06Format: CD
Digitally remastered edition. Master of Reality is the third studio album by Black Sabbath. Released in July 1971, it is widely regarded as the foundation of doom metal, stoner rock, and sludge metal. It was certified double platinum after having sold over 2 million copies. Master of Reality was Black Sabbath's first and only top 10 album in the US until 13 forty-two years later. Black Sabbath was formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist and main songwriter Tony Iommi, bassist and main lyricist Geezer Butler, singer Ozzy Osbourne, and drummer Bill Ward. Black Sabbath is often cited as pioneers of heavy metal music. The band helped define the genre with a clutch of groundbreaking albums in the `70s. They have sold over 70 million records worldwide. Black Sabbath were inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006.
Tracklist:
Sweet Leaf
After Forever
Embryo
Children of the Grave
Orchid
Lord of This World
Solitude
Into the Void
UPC: 081227946678Label: RhinoRelease Date: 8.5.16Format: CD
Paranoid is the second studio album by English metal band Black Sabbath. Originally released in September 1970, it was the band's only LP to top the UK Albums Chart until the release of 13 in 2013. Paranoid contains several of the band's signature songs, including "Iron Man", "War Pigs" and the title track, which was the band's only Top 20 hit, reaching number 4 in the UK charts. It is often regarded as one of the most quintessential and influential albums in heavy metal history.
Tracklist:
War Pigs 7:57
Paranoid 2:53
Planet Caravan 4:32
Iron Man 5:56
Electric Funeral 4:53
Hand of Doom 7:08
Rat Salad 2:30
Fairies Wear Boots (Lyrics By Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler) 6:15
UPC: 081227946715Label: RhinoRelease Date: 8.5.16Format: CD
Digitally remastered edition. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is the fifth studio album by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in December 1973. It was produced by the band and Tom Allom and recorded at Morgan Studios in London in September 1973. Black Sabbath released Sabbath Bloody Sabbath on 1 December 1973. For the first time in their career, the band began to receive favorable reviews in the mainstream press, with Rolling Stone calling the album "an extraordinarily gripping affair", and "nothing less than a complete success". Black Sabbath was formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist and main songwriter Tony Iommi, bassist and main lyricist Geezer Butler, singer Ozzy Osbourne, and drummer Bill Ward. Black Sabbath is often cited as pioneers of heavy metal music. The band helped define the genre with a clutch of groundbreaking albums in the `70s. They have sold over 70 million records worldwide. Black Sabbath were inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006.
Tracklist:
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 5:45
A National Acrobat 6:16
Fluff (Instrumental) 4:11
Sabbra Cadabra 5:59
Killing Yourself to Live 5:41
Who Are You 4:11
Looking for Today 5:06
Spiral Architect 5:29
UPC: 081227946654Label: RhinoRelease Date: 8.5.16Format: CD
The Ultimate Collection is curated in conjunction with the band, the 31-track collection features the band’s classic songs including Paranoid, Iron Man, War Pigs, N.I.B. and The Wizard as well as choice cuts from their classic albums and is the definitive accompaniment for all Sabbath fans as well as those with a love of hard rock.
Tracklist:
Paranoid
Never Say Die
Iron Man
Black Sabbath
Children of the Grave
Jack the Stripper/Fairies Wear Boots
Changes
Rat Salad
Sweet Leaf
War Pigs/Luke's Wall
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Hole in the Sky
Symptom of the Universe
Spiral Architect
Rock 'n' Roll Doctor
Dirty Women
Evil Woman (Don't Play Your Games With Me)
A Hard Road
Lord of This World
Deathmask/Into the Void
Behind the Wall of Sleep
Snowblind
Tomorrow's Dream
The Wizard
N.I.B.
Electric Funeral
Embryo
Killing Yourself to Live
Am I Going Insane? (Radio)
Wicked World
It's Alright
UPC: 081227941567Label: RhinoRelease Date: 2.3.17Format: CD
Vol. 4 is the fourth studio album by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, originally released in September 1972. It was the first album by Black Sabbath not produced by Rodger Bain; guitarist Tony Iommi assumed production duties. It achieved gold status in less than a month, and was the band's fourth consecutive release to sell one million copies in the United States.
Tracklist:
Wheels of Confusion/The Straightener 8:02
Tomorrow's Dream 3:12
Changes 4:45
FX (Instrumental) 1:44
Supernaut 4:50
Snowblind 5:33
Cornucopia[21] 3:55
Laguna Sunrise (Instrumental) 2:56
St. Vitus' Dance 2:30 1
Under the Sun/Every Day Comes and Goes 5:53
UPC: 081227946616Label: RhinoRelease Date: 8.5.16Format: CD
Black Veil Brides' seventh album, VINDICATE, ushers in their most visceral, creative, thrilling, and uncompromising era yet, as the band continues to defy expectations and misconceptions held by casual onlookers. It's a living will and testament to the band's storied past, triumphant present, and unwritten future. It harnesses the blend of grandeur and intimacy at the heart of the band's melodic and metallic sound; conjuring enduring archetypes, interwoven with themes of revolt, vengeance, and shades of John Milton's epic 1677 poem, Paradise Lost. Each of the album's songs explores a distinct expression of revenge, some as narrative portraits and others as internal confrontations. VINDICATE is the first new Black Veil Brides full-length produced by Pitts and Biersack, who exercised complete creative control while synthesizing the best of what they've learned from A-list producers. The album was mixed by Zakk Cervini (Bring Me The Horizon, Evanescence, Bad Omens). Forever champions of the isolated and the dismissed, Black Veil Brides are an object of devotion and obsession for those who sing their anthems in unison - a diverse BVB Army that never surrenders.
Tracklist:
Invocation to the Muse
Vindicate
Certainty
Bleeders
Hallelujah
Cut (Featuring Lilith Czar)
Alive
Purgatory (Overture Iiii)
Revenger (Featuring Robb Flynn)
Sorrow
Grace (Interlude)
Ave Maria
Woe ; Pain
Eschaton
UPC: 5401148010886Label: SpinefarmRelease Date: 5.8.26Format: CD
Witness the recording of ‘Absolute Elsewhere’ from Blood Incantation with ‘All Gates Open (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)’. The band reveals a light, beautiful and holistic side of their musical lexicon, serving as the pastoral "yang energy" to the dark atmosphere of ‘Timewave Zero’. The soundtrack and documentary originally appeared only in the limited edition Artbook of ‘Absolute Elsewhere’. This marks the first standalone release for both, including the first-ever vinyl pressing of the soundtrack.Now on home video, the included 73-minute documentary takes you inside the legendary Hansa Tonstudios. Go behind the scenes as the band rehearses and records with appearances by members of Tangerine Dream, Hällas and Sijjin, fully immersing themselves in Berlin’s multifaceted culture. Mixed and mastered by Arthur Rizk and featuring retro-futuristic cover art by Jodie Day.This definitive collection is available as a Gatefold 180g 2LP & Blu-Ray featuring an etching on Side D (with limited vinyl variants also including an A2 poster), as well as a Ltd. CD + Blu-Ray Edition which includes an exclusive poster booklet or as a Digital Album. Both Blu-Ray versions feature the documentary in Full HD alongside the official music videos for ‘Obliquity of the Ecliptic’, ‘Luminescent Bridge’ and ‘The Stargate’.
Tracklist:
Balance
Dawn
Rain
All Gates Open: In Search of Absolute Elsewhere (Documentary)
Obliquity of the Ecliptic
Luminescent Bridge
The Stargate I-III
Flight
UPC: 199584412429Label: Century MediaRelease Date: 6.5.26Format: CD
.For Victory is the fifth album by British death metal band, Bolt Thrower. Released in 1994, the album has been remastered from the original tapes using 'FDR' (Full Dynamic Range Mastering).
Tracklist:
War
Remembrance
When Glory Beckons
... for Victory
Graven Image
Lest We Forget
Silent Demise
Forever Fallen
Tank (MK. I)
Armageddon Bound
UPC: 5055006512069Label: EaracheRelease Date: 11.22.24Format: CD
Bolt Thrower - The IVth Crusade Digipack CD (Full Dynamic Range Remastered Audio) - Full dynamic range digipack CD of the fourth studio LP from British Death Metal legends Bolt Thrower, originally released in 1992. This album was a departure from the previous record 'War Master' with the evolution of the sound revealing a much slower tempo and focus on heavy riffs and thick sound. Bolt Thrower's credibility in the genre is unquestioned with seminal scouser John Peel being an avid fan.
Tracklist:
The Ivth Crusade
Icon
Embers
Where Next to Conquer
As the World Burns
This Time It's War
Ritual
Spearhead
Celestial Sanctuary 1
Dying Creed 1
Through the Ages (Outro)
UPC: 817195020955Label: EaracheRelease Date: 1.11.19Format: CD
Bolt Thrower - Realm Of Chaos Digipack CD (Full Dynamic Range remastered audio) - Bolt Thrower's classic Earache debut (originally released in 1989) is now available on digpack pack CD for the first time with FDR (Full Dynamic Range) audio. Featuring 11 blistering tracks of the heaviest death metal - Coventry's finest went on to have huge worldwide success after this critically acclaimed record. From the very earliest days of Earache Records, BBC National Radio's John Peel was a huge supporter of the Earache label and it's extreme grind core bands. Peel first offered BOLT THROWER a session in 1988, and invited them back at the end of 1988 and again in 1990 to the hallowed Maida Vale studios that helped break the band to mainstream success.
Tracklist:
Intro
Eternal War
Through the Eye of Terror
Dark Millenium
All That Remains
Lost Souls Domain
Plague Bearer
World Eater
Drowned in Torment 1
Realm of Chaos 1
Outro
UPC: 817195021082Label: EaracheRelease Date: 1.11.19Format: CD
Tracklist:
Saturday Rite Special
Large and in Charge
Uforia
One Hundred Million Billion Beers
Escape Prison Planet Earth
Outer Space Freebase
Enabler
Wizard of Ozlo
In Possession
UPC: 850074887348Label: Ripple MusicRelease Date: 5.8.26Format: CD
There's a tendency in metal to mistake aggression for honesty, volume for depth. To confuse the performance of darkness with it's actual weight. Hidden Fires Burn Hottest, the new album from San Francisco-based post-black metal band Bosse-de-Nage, sidesteps this entirely. It's the group's most fully realized work yet, precisely because it refuses to be pinned down.Bosse-de-Nage have been working with The Flenser for over fifteen years. They were one of the first bands the label ever partnered with and have the longest active relationship in the label's history. But unlike most bands who build momentum through constant touring and visibility, Bosse-de-Nage has largely existed apart from the music world's usual machinery. They've evolved on their own terms, in relative isolation, allowing the work to develop without outside pressure or influence. What began rooted in black metal anonymity has mutated into something that actively defies categorization. The aggression is still there, but it's no longer the point.Hidden Fires Burn Hottest finds the band treating emotions like physical objects, feelings with spatial properties. "No Such Place" describes a space that can't exist but does anyway, somewhere between thought and location. "Immortality Project" examines infinite possibility not as promise but as problem, endless options collapsing under their own weight. These songs don't use metaphor to describe emotion. They make emotion into something you could theoretically touch.Tracked by Jack Shirley (Deafheaven, Oathbreaker) at Atomic Garden East and mixed and mastered by Richard Chowenhill of Agriculture, Hidden Fires Burn Hottest was years in development, with some tracks beginning in 2018. The long writing process offered time that most records don't get. Time to live with ideas, revise endlessly, to let structures settle. For the first time, lyricist Bryan Manning wrote everything in advance, creating a surplus to pull from rather than working under deadline pressure. The difference shows.Coming off Further Still, an album built on constraint and economy, Bosse-de-Nage sought the opposite: sprawl, strangeness, fewer rules. Space for ideas to develop without rushing them. Dynamics that move through quiet as much as noise. Presence earned through atmosphere instead of volume. The record even includes "Mementos," which might be considered the first love song the band has ever written.Nothing here coheres into a theme. These are pieces pulled from low moments and private feelings made public through sound. The band has never been interested in positivity, in music that resolves cleanly or offers comfort. But bleakness doesn't mean humorlessness. There's something darkly funny running through much of it, even when it shouldn't be.Hidden Fires Burn Hottest doesn't explain itself. It just insists: what you feel is as real as what you can see.
Tracklist:
Where to Now?
Mementos
In the Name of the Moth
With a Shrug
No Such Place
Triangular Dream
Underwater
Frenzy
Immortality Project
Leviathan
UPC: 657628453222Label: FlenserRelease Date: 3.27.26Format: CD
The 3rd full length album from the UK's heaviest band. This is an accolade not thrown around lightly. Bound in Fear have been crafting their sound over the years, honing it into an undisputed heavyweight bomber. 'A MIND TOO SICK TO HEAL is a hellish journey into the darkest side of the human mind, Smashing out of the gates with 'SENTENCED' & 'CHASM', the first stand alone singles to be lifted from the forthcoming album, BIF roar a statement of intent that ups the heat ever so slightly from their usual downtempo delivery, before returning to the familiar crushing slabs of concrete the band are revered for. 'THREE KNEE DEEP' & 'DARKNESS REDEFINED' follow as the spotlight cuts for what is unquestionable one of the heaviest albums to ever emerge out of the United Kingdom. UPC: 199806429105Label: Unique LeaderRelease Date: 6.5.26Format: CD
Just as you were getting your head straight coming off the 21st Trip... Brown Acid dose # 22 drops, continuing to fry your mind in a revolving trap-door Twilight Zone alternate world of early hard rock... populated by real life characters so far out they can look like a cheesy wedding band but sound like Blue Cheer! Uncanny! This music comes at you from many angles. Teens in a garage colliding with booze, drugs and girls for the first time, lounge lizard hustlers with snazzy stage clothes and fuzz boxes... gnarly backwoods troublemakers meet blow dried glam rock wannabes here, seamlessly clobbering your head with sound rather than each other! An electric post-psychedelic bar brawl for your mind awaits, unfasten your seat belt, crank it up and fly! Sounds Synonymous "Babylon" out of Flint, Michigan 1969 rip the devastating Blue Cheer classic a new one, immediately swarming you with organ swells and distortion before collapsing into a tuff funk groove, a psychedelic James Brown vibe shot through with dirty howling fuzz guitar, vocals nailing the messed up but confident relaxed sneering attitude of the original Cheer eruption. The Bumps "Shining" from Seattle 1969 resides right at the transition of '60s psych into early prog, well constructed, no diluting things artsy fartsy style, a compelling heavy riff, spacious vocal harmony hook floating above a turbulent take on getting your shit together and shining like a star. Fat chance, but you can dream, the band did and their dreams kick ass across time to right now or you wouldn't be here. Coulda been a hit back then, definitely a hit now. Riverside "Farmer" explodes out of Austin, Texas 1974, economical but brilliantly structured riffs and power chords, intense dynamic tension/release, fantastic screaming leads over shifting angles of attack during the middle break... it's all here with a detached confidence in the vocal that swaggers back in time to the late '60s in it's proto-heavy psych adjacent assault. Cincinnati Joe & Mad Lydia "Get It Together" for real in Cincinnati, Ohio 1970. The song says everything you need to know: "You may think that you're the very best, miles and miles ahead of the rest, but be sure when you're put to the test you get it together!" These words are deployed in a manner similar to Peter Green's "Oh Well", intermittently stated between killer gnarly guitar and gushy organ attacks. Bar band heaven and hell rolled up into one big ball, the vocals get all the way out there! Straight Up "Fire" takes the monster 1968 Crazy World Of Arthur Brown hit into faithfully executed but surreally minimalist territory, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1974. Genius version of a key song that presciently cuts to the chase regarding Brown Acid's incinerations of psychedelic idealism, you're gonna burn, burn, burn... as that moment climaxes you can gawk at their preposterous flashy lounge band stage outfits and realize side one must end because everything is totally scorched into eternity. Scrap Iron "Poopsie" is a primitive two chord stomper with spiraling fuzz and organ riffs, singer marking his territory caveman style. "Poopsie, you're my woman" he commands, but gets weirdly insecure she'll blow him off at the altar by the end of each verse. Snarly wah-wah ices this toxic cake out of Carteret, New Jersey 1973. Focused delivery so single-mindedly crude it creates an inescapable instant brain-worm. Lady "Live Show Tigers" is amongst the most potently life affirming trash rockers you'll ever hear, one outrageously triumphant but fiercely sloppy anthem about living it up like a star, strutting the stage glammed up New York Dolls drag style but with a Dictators sense of humor. Tasty slightly off kilter guitar leads all through, going serendipitously berserk on the fade. Picture disc single out of L.A. 1980. Fantastic fun rock star rock at a very raw local street level where any time is party time. Killer Frog "Hard Times" on Masochist Records from Chicago, Illinois 1972 takes less than two minutes, an action packed James Gang style bar band rocker with a bit of punky sneer in the face of misfortune. These guys never even heard of flower power. They are killer frogs. Good Humore "Killer" does kill in stripped down hard rock trio style, Warren, Michigan 1976. No frills guitar, bass and drums groove tight, snaky primordial riff, snarly licks. "She's a killer of a woman, knows just what she's doing..." The singer knows she's a femme-fatale roadhouse predator but she's so hot the inevitable wreckage seems a bargain. Ride it out like the extended jam on the fade knowing she'll be back for more! Sarawest "Space Rider" winds up the 22nd Trip lost in a twisted two chord space adventure from the point of view of an alien visiting our planet seeking knowledge but finding out we are stupidly destroying ourselves, so he gotta split sneering back at us like we wasted his time "I got no time for loving... I wanna be a space rider, space rider". Toronto, Canada 1974, a vibe lurking in some strange but funny void between late '60s outsider garage psychedelic rock complete with reverb-y acid guitar leads and late '70s retro-futuristic D.I.Y wisecracking from inner space... taking the piss out of outer space!
Tracklist:
Sounds Synonymous - Babylon Flint, Michigan - 1969
The Bumps - Shining Seattle, Washington - 1969
Riverside - Farmer Austin, Texas - 1974
Cincinnati Joe and Mad Lydia - Get It Together Cincinnati, Ohio - 1970
Straight Up - Fire Minneapolis, Minnesota - 1974
Scrap Iron - Poopsie Carteret, New Jersey - 1973
Lady - Live Show Tigers Los Angeles, California - 1980
Killer Frog - Hard Times Chicago, Illinois - 1972
Good Humore - Killer Warren, Michigan - 1976
Sarawest - Space Rider Toronto, Ontario - 1974
UPC: 679065076864Label: Riding EasyRelease Date: 4.24.26Format: CD
Tracklist:
Rolling Stones
Nausicaä (Love Will Be Revealed)
Love Takes Miles
Drinking Age
Cancer of the Skull
Try as I May
We're Thinking the Same Thing
Nina + Field of Cops
$0
Can't Keep Anything
UPC: 5400863168957Label: Partisan RecordsRelease Date: 12.6.24Format: CD
Critically acclaimed fourth studio album from genre-leading death metal giants, reissued on digipak CD for 2025. Liverpool's legendary Death Metal pioneers Carcass (who still tour extensively to this day) are often credited with shaping the entire death metal genre. Pushing boundaries with their shocking imagery whilst evolving and innovating with each new album. Heartwork is widely renowned as the best Carcass album with it's melodic intricacies.
Tracklist:
Buried Dreams 03:59
Carnal Forge 03:55
No Love Lost 03:22
Heartwork 04:33
Embodiment 05:36
This Mortal Coil 03:50
Arbeit Macht Fleisch 04:21
Blind Bleeding The Blind 04:57
Doctrinal Expletives 03:39
Death Certificate 03:42
UPC: 5055006509762Label: EaracheRelease Date: 10.31.25Format: CD
Digitally remastered and expanded edition. No one in the New York crossover metal scene could make a guy laugh like Carnivore front man Pete Steele. Whether it was the vomit-in-the-toilet track "Jack Daniels and Pizza," which opened the band's second album Retaliation or the crudely drawn obscene Sharpie renderings Steele would scribble on passed out musicians and crew members. Steele was a one of a kind and his perverse, oddball sense of humor infiltrated and enhanced his viciously aggressive blend of hardcore and metal. Just take two of Retaliation's many standouts, "Angry Neurotic Catholics" and "S.M.D. (Suck My Dick)." "For Retaliation, I really wanted to make an album that was half Black Sabbath-type metal and half ripping hardcore," he said before the album's original release in 1987. "I just loved that vibe, so I incorporated the slowness and heavy dirge sound with the incredible energy of bands like Cro-Mags, Agnostic Front, Murphy's Law and Sheer Terror." More than 30 years after it's release, Retaliation still stands as a landmark achievement in crossover music and another indication of Pete Steele's immense gift for songwriting, a talent he would demonstrate time and again between 1991 and 2007 with Type O Negative. Here comes the 2018 reissue with the original cover, bonus tracks and new liner notes by Jon Wiederhorn.
Tracklist:
Jack Daniel's And Pizza
Angry Neurotic Catholics
S.M.D.
Ground Zero Brooklyn
Race War
Inner Conflict
Jesus Hitler
Technophobia
Manic Depression 1
U.S.A. For U.S.A. 1
Five Billion Dead 1
Sex And Violence 1
World Wars III And IV (Demo) 1
Carnivore (Demo) 1
The Subhuman(Demo)
UPC: 4250444156757Label: Roadrunner ArchiveRelease Date: 10.26.18Format: CD
Emerging from New York's vile, creature-infested underground, fantasy heavy metal purveyors Castle Rat have announced details of their impending sophomore album "The Bestiary", to be released on September 19th by King Volume Records (North America) and Blues Funeral Recordings (UK/Europe). Recorded by Randall Dunn (Sunn O))), Wolves in the Throne Room, Björk) and mixed by Jonathan Nuñez (Torche, Restless Spirit), the band's latest odyssey features 13 spellbinding tracks of epic carnage and mystical metal. Commenting on the album, The Rat Queen states: "'The Bestiary' is a conceptual book of beasts containing a collection of mystical creatures from a world forgotten. The last remaining souls of each have been gathered and preserved by 'The Wizard.' Cautionary tales of each beast and The Wizard himself are woven through the power of traditional heavy metal song and spell."
Tracklist:
Phoenix I
Wolf I
Wizard
Siren
Unicorn
Path Of Moss
Crystal Cave
Serpent
Wolf Ii
Dragon
Summoning Spell
Sun Song
Phoenix Ii
UPC: 760137189497Label: King VolumeRelease Date: 9.19.25Format: CD
Castle Rat is a Medieval Fantasy Heavy Metal band led by the Rat Queen on a mission to expand and defend ‘The Realm’ from those who seek to destroy it. She is joined by The Count, The Plague Doctor, and The Druid. Together they face the relentless wrath of their arch nemesis: Death Herself — ‘The Rat Reaperess.”
Tracklist:
PHOENIX I
WOLF I
WIZARD
SIREN
UNICORN
PATH OF MOSS
CRYSTAL CAVE
SERPENT
WOLF II
DRAGON
SUMMONING SPELL
SUN SONG
PHOENIX II
UPC: 888072775992Label: Loma VistaRelease Date: 4.17.26Format: CD
With Cemetery Skyline, we're stepping into previously untrodden musical directions - those darker alleys that we hold dear in our hearts but haven't really wandered before. And we're collectively very excited!" For Cemetery Skyline Markus Vanhala (Insomnium, Omnium Gatherum) is joined by keyboardist Santeri Kallio (Amorphis), drummer Vesa Ranta (Sentenced, The Abbey), bassist Victor Brandt (Dimmu Borgir and many more) and singer Mikael Stanne (Dark Tranquillity, The Halo Effect). "We all share a deep love for goth rock from the 80s and 90s - whether it's more synth-driven or heavier guitar-dominated stuff. You know the deal with the best bands from The Sisters of Mercy to Type O Negative", says Santeri Kallio, who shares songwriting duties with Vanhala. "But is Cemetery Skyline a goth band? Maybe to an extent, but that's certainly not the whole story. If you have to describe Cemetery Skyline's diverse music somehow, do us a favor and call us ambassadors of melodic, melancholic and dark rock. Thank you. UPC: 199584380926Label: Century MediaRelease Date: 5.1.26Format: CD
Tracklist:
Another Night in Pain
In the End
All That Has Withered
Fading Memories
I Don't Want to Fight
The Raven Cries
UPC: 8002624262248Label: My Kingdom MusicRelease Date: 4.24.26Format: CD
Tracklist:
Where Dust Reigns
Parasite
Marching Maniacs
Taikonautic Alchemist
Sunken Throb
Chariots Overdrive
Nomadic Warfare
End of Antiquity
Bizarre Pilgrimage to the Cubik Mansion
UPC: 8054529001163Label: Gates Of HellRelease Date: 5.8.26Format: CD
If you are looking for some technically proficient writing and playing in your death metal, Cognizance provide the best of both worlds. Coming into 2026 with their fourth full length album entitled In Light, No Shape, Cognizance show that they have been fine tuning their ability to write some of the catchiest technical music in the modern death metal scene.
Tracklist:
Transient Fixations
Inflection Chants
A Game of Proliferation
Chasm
Vertical Illusion
A Reconfiguration
Witness Marks
Subterranean Incantation
Induced Contortions
The Zone
UPC: 736832003123Label: WillowtipRelease Date: 5.1.26Format: CD
2025 release, the sixth album from the Swiss thrash metal band. Dissonance Theory is the band's first album in more than three decades. The title references the psychological concept of cognitive dissonance, relating to a clash between attitudes and behavior. The album's themes reflect today's "dystopian reality" and contradictory stimuli.
Tracklist:
Consequence
Sacrificial Lamb
Crisium Bound
Symmetry
Law
Transparent Eye
Trinity
Renewal
Prolonging
UPC: 198029445022Label: Century MediaRelease Date: 10.17.25Format: CD