Brazilian VULCANO hits with their 10th album "Wholly Wicked". The album contains 10 completely new songs. Premiere: 15th July 2014

Today Brutal Assault reaches its big milestone. We are very pleased and extremely proud to announce that legendary thrash metal band SLAYER will headline Brutal Assault Festival 2014! 
At the Brutal Assault Festival there has not been other more desired band than SLAYER and  age-old dreams of many BA fans and organizers are finally coming true.
For many fans SLAYER is the most influential metal band on the planet and we are very happy to welcome this legendary metal band as a headliner of this year’s edititon. The SLAYER confirmation is also a BIG thank you to all loyal BA supporters! 
After the loss of Jeff Hanneman the band line-up consists of Tom Araya, Kerry King, Paul Bostaph and Gary Holt.

ALL NEW LP SPACE INVADER OUT LATE SUMMER!

Founding KISS guitarist and 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee ACE FREHLEY has debuted an all new single titled "Gimme a Feelin'.

The new effort serves as the first single from his all new LP SPACE INVADER slated for a late summer release via Steamhammer/SPV in Europe as digipak, 2LP, standard version and download.

INCANTATION approaches the world yet again with the same ferocity as it had in the beginning.  A testament to endurance and dedication, they bring you 'Dirges of Elysium'.  Rally to unholy death metal or perish by it!  'Dirges of Elysium' is the ultimate INCANTATION album!

This news will buck a lot of maniacs of our death metal scene. This year. Thrashing Madness is going to release two legendary albums of GHOST (POLAND, Gdansk) - "The Lost of Mercy" extended with demo 1998 "Renawn", and "Bad Obsession" known from cassette release of Carnage rec. This time, the material will be enriched with a bonus ina a form of demo "Noc Demona" and demo material from 1989

If there is something like THE best cult metal demo of all time, it might be very well the legendary INCUBUS’ self titled demo 1987, also known as ‘God Died On His Knees’. Recorded in 1987 with Jim Morris (pre Morrisound Studios, Florida, USA, producer of a.o. Death, Nasty Savage, Cannibal Corpse, Deicide). Featuring ex Morbid Angel member Sterling von Scarbourogh on bass and vocals, Mike Browning on drums (also ex Nocturnus, ex Morbid Angel) and Gino Marino on guitars (ex Nocturnus).

Now officially re-issued on Cd ep by vic records featuring the original three 1987 tracks: ‘God Died on His Knees’, ‘Reanimator’s Mutilations’ and ‘Engulfed in Unspeakable Horrors’. Three extremely intense tracks of satanic proto death / black metal. INCUBUS was a huge inspiration for uncountable black and death metal bands in the late 80’s / early 90’s and inspires extreme metal musicians up till today!

This exclusive digipack features extensive liner notes from guitarist Gino Marino and features rare pictures from back then.

MEFISTO started back in 1984 under the name Torment. Along with Obscurity, the two were the first Swedish extreme bands to follow mighty BATHORY. Both bands were of superior quality, however after just 2 demos, both folded as they were simply too early with their extreme music at the time and getting no support.

MEFISTO since gained a cult status, heavily influencing the upcoming extreme music underground, especially the local Stockholm Death Metal scene. Featuring mega-talented guitarist Omar Ahmed, who delivered tight riffs and great solos, played out in a classic yet extreme manner, that to this day sounds fresh and relevant. Roberto Granath delivered violent drumming like only a few have before, and the singer Sandro Cajander did much deeper and harsher vocals than Bathory or Venom at that time. This deep / harsh style was later further developed by for example LG Petrov of Nihilist (Entombed).
Extensive liner notes from Jon ‘Metalion’ Kristiansen from Norway’s legendary Slayer Mag. And exclusive liner notes from the Mefisto members! Album cover by Roberto Toderico (Soulburn, Hexx, Asphyx, Exoto). LP version to be released Fall 2014 on vic records as well

"Kissteria - The Ultimate Vinyl Road Case" is a highly-collectible vinyl road case box set featuring 34 KISS LPs including nineteen studio albums, all five of the "Alive" releases, the four original KISS solo albums, each with exact replicas of the original inserts, plus six exclusive vinyl titles that will not be made available individually. All albums are pressed onto audiophile 180-gram vinyl and are newly remastered from the ultra-high definition Direct Stream Digital transfers from original analog tapes to bring out maximum fidelity of these iconic albums.

Exclusive "Kissteria" extras include eleven 11"x17" archival posters, including the band's very first promo poster; a KISS vinyl cleaning cloth; a KISS turntable mat; a set of KISS dominoes; four band lithographs highlighting four decades of the band; and a certificate of authenticity displaying the limited edition number for each of the individual box sets.

Forty years ago KISS released their eponymous debut album, which would propel the band to the top of the rock and roll hierarchy where they have reigned for the past four decades making the KISS legacy a global brand with more than 3,000 licensed merchandise products, including a recent partnership with the Arena Football League as owners of the Anaheim-based expansion team LA KISS