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Hot on the heels of their recent  viral video , Canadian grindcore band  CORRUPT LEADERS  have released the new  "Grindmother"  EP on CD format.  You can order a copy for only $5 (plus $5 worldwide shipping) via their  bandcamp page . "Grindmother" EP on CD Format Mixed by  Joel Grind (Toxic Holocaust)  and mastered by  Brad Boatright (From Ashes Rise)  at  Audiosiege , and featuring artwork by  Varises Otak , "Grindmother" has taken  CORRUPT LEADERS  to new heights, earning a multitude of positive reviews in the process.  A vinyl 5" version of the EP is also scheduled to be released this summer. "Grindmother", which features a guest vocal from frontman  Rain Forest 's 66 year-old Mother, picked up coverage by  Smash, Noisey, OC Weekly, Kerrang, Huffington Post  and many others after a video of her recording session went viral.  The video passed 175K views and was ...

   CORRUPT LEADERS formed in April 2013, recording their debut 7" one month later.  That first year they took their rabid Canadian crust on the road to major US cities such as Detroit, Chicago, Pittsburg, Baltimore and NYC. A split 7" with Indiana's DOGMA followed with original drummer Matt Menard departing to Montreal to form DEALER.  A few months later Tyson (THE APEX) joined on drums along with additional guitarist Johny B and the lineup recorded the "Grindmother" EP.  The band is currently writing material for their first full-length LP, to be released via Give Praise Records.                              L to R: Mattu, Jay, Rain Forest, John, Tyson.  They will release their third EP, "Grindmother", digitally via Bandcamp on Feb 3.  The four song, 3 minute EP will also be released on vinyl in April 2015. Artwork by Varises Otak   Mixed by Joel...

The band was created by Armagedon and Astaroth in 2007, since then they worked on the material which was supposed to be published the next year, however, those plans were abandoned because of the argument between the creators of Suffering and the ex-drummer.The musical differences stopped the project until 2010. In 2011 the band starded rehearsing with the new drummer, Azmodan. In february 2012 Armagedon and Astaroth decided to record two of the 9 compositions they had created and thus release the first demo, which is supposed to appear in april 2012.In June and July, during full moons, the band recorded "Chaosatanas". At the time being, the band is preparing for the tour and recording a LP. Suffering describes their music as Ritual Black Metal, with lyrics rooted in occultism, hedonism, nihilism and masochism, with strong anti-christian message. The band is heavily influenced byAustin Osman Spare, Peter J. Caroll, Aleister Crowley and Andrew Chumbley.   LABELS Mort...

Masquera Di Ferro is a Greek Melodic Heavy Metal Band from Patras started its form in middle of Octomber 2012 and finally formed its lineup in the middle of 2013 with :Tasos Psilovasilopoulos (Vocals-Lyrics),Fanis Badas (Guitar),Kostas Birbutsakis (Guitar) Panos Thoidis (Drums),Teo Karalis (Bass), Pluto Gaitanaros as guest at keyboard. The Band Completed its first album recordings at Octomber of 2013 at NOISEBOX STUDIO with producer Sakis Bastas. Currently we are promoting our first album through live performances and composing new stuff.   Band Links: Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/masqueradiferro Twitter: https://twitter.com/MasqueraDiFerro Reverbnation: http://www.reverbnation.com/masqueradiferro Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/masquera-di-ferro Bandcamp: https://masqueradiferro.bandcamp.com/album/reflection-2  

Russian post-metal band N. TESLA releases their first full-length album "Lux Manifesto" as an Internet release on 20th of February 2014 First line up of N.Tesla was formed in 2008 in Rostock, Germany and after some years of incubational period was transformed into band of six members who met each other in 2011 in Oryol, Russia. Two demo records "I Rush To Find A Dawn" and "Mysogyny" released in 2012 contained some strong tracks that were a mixture of post-metal and post-hardcore structures. "Lux Manifesto" goes further and seriously widens musical pallete of the band and has obvious ambient, tribal, jazz and even some black metal influences. N.Tesla signed with Lost Memories Records for this release. First line up of N.Tesla was formed in 2008 in Rostock, Germany and after some years of incubational period was transformed into band of six members who met each other in 2011 in Oryol, Russia. Two demo records "I Ru...

False Coda were officially formed back in 2009 and the only steady members since then were the brothers Vasilis Milios(guitars) and Andreas Milios(drums)who also are members of the heavy metal band Barbax. After several changes in the lineup, in August 2011,Nikos Pogkas (ex Shiverspine) came along as a bass player and a month later Lefteris Kapetanios - keyboards. The band while was still in search of a singer, recorded in their own home studio the track "Respect" featuring Andreas on vocals as a sample for anyone interested in auditioning. Finally after several offers Manos Xanthakis(Agnosia,Strangeyes,ex Jericho,ex Celestial ode,ex Blazon (uk)etc)to fill the place of the singer. Since then the band recorded one more track "Code of Kindness" and participated in Salaminas Metal festival. Nowadays they are recording material for their upcoming debut album. The bands musical identity is actually progressive metal. With lots o...

 Nine To Five Attitude is a five piece band with a mixture of Post- Hardcore and Metalcore with their own minds. Founded in 2009 in Wangen/Munich. The five-piece band do not believe in uniformity and combine fine riffs with strong melodies and driving drum beats. On top, there's a strong-voiced frontman, who puts the mix of post-hardcore and technical metal as the finishing touch. Nine to Five Attitude are bringing the mix of "in your face" and melodic parts in their songs. Besides that, the quintet are also being noticeable for live performances as they support bands such as Final Prayer and The Blackout Argument from Germany. And also abroad band like Horse the Band, Madball, This Is Hell, Death Before Dishonor all from the USA and Rolo Tomassi from UK. Seaside Secrets EP is their first attempt to show their quality and it was released in early August last year.'Seaside Secrets' is about finding yourself and having a mind of one's own. Friends and ...

LONEWOLF started their Heavy Metal crusade in 1992 in Grenoble, France. After "The Calling" demo tape (1994) and the already legendary 7" single "Holy Evil" (1996), the band splitted up, to return in the year 2000, stronger than ever before. The same year the band released the "March Into The Arena" debut album, and promoted it on tour, during which they also invaded Greece and their Holocaust Fes tival, and opened the first French Grave Digger show. The second studio album titled "Unholy Paradise" (2003) was a huge step forward: the band promoted it on live shows with acts such as Paragon, Sacred Steel, Paul Di'Anno, Wizard and Grave Digger. In 2004 Lonewolf decided to pay a tribute to the Greek fans, who were giving the band incredible support since the very beginning - so the were special 7" single "Hellenic Warriors", incl. the title track which is until now a classic Lonewolf live killer, was out o...

Young, crude and full of energy - Madame Torment is Portland, Oregon's all-female rock group formed in May 2011. The band released a 3 song EP in December 2011, which included their anthem song, Bad Girls. In August 2013, they recorded their single, Party Til You Puke (Live It up) at Opal Studio (Clients include Scorpions, Shrapnel Records & Deen Castronovo). Engineer Kevin Hahn also co-produced the song and the band released it digitally on their Reverbnation profile soon after. The idea of forming an all-female rock band, was lead guitarist, Erin Elizadeth's dream. Having met Elsa Faith a year earlier at an AC/DC tribute band audition, she approached the vocalist and sharing the same goals and musical influences such as Motley Crue, The Runaways and Guns 'N Roses, Madame Torment was born. When the original lineup fell through, the two took a break for half a year. They returned in May 2013 with drummer, Camille Denny and bassist, Ashley Luna. With this line-up,...

This is an excellent way to kick off the week, Judas Priest have released the title track from their summer release, Redeemer Of Souls. It certainly sounds like classic Priest, and a track that fans would immediately recognize as something in the band's catalog. This is the first recording from the band since longtime guitarist KK Downing left and Richie Faulkner joined up with the band. Enough talk, let's get to the music: Judas Priest's Redeemer of Souls is out July 15 in North America, and either a few days before or after in different parts of the country

Formed in 2008 when vocalist Denizone (Vocals , Bass ) met Bable (Drum ) while working together at a music studio , they both are a big fan of Metallica and Megadeth so they often do hour session at the studio is not rented.  Early in 2009 , there was a metal compilation album project . Denizone very interested to participate in the compilation project then call Denny ( guitar) and Khemal ( guitar) to record the song " Thrash Metal 1983" to be included in the compilation album . Unfortunately the project was never realized , however, they are air- four thus agreed to extend the band later called Metallic Ass .   On 18 June 2009 Metallic Ass launch Mini Album titled " Thrash Metal 1983 " contains three songs : Thrash Metal , 1983, My love is taken away Bajaj Pulsar and the Love Metal . The album was not sold but shared for free on a music show " Rock is Not Dead M...

"INFERNÖ Records is proud to announce the release on VINYL LP of the long awaited second album by DEMONA !! Release date is March 1st, 2014 ! Limited edition to 300 copies (150 BLACK Wax/150 BROWN wax) - comes with two-sided full-colored insert, including lyrics, pics. Recommended for fans of Living Death, Sentinel Beast, Znowhite, Exumer, Deathrow... Still available on CD/Digi-CD and Cassette" Get your copy from INFERNÖ Records - www.inferno-records.net "  

Assia is a Rock Band, kick started by the Indonesian/Belgium, Asmara and Tiana. The band started out in 2010, with the original line-up of Asmara on guitar, Tiana on vocals and Somphong on bass. No drummer, so they used a backtrack on stage. In 2011, they found a second guitar player, Leslie. Later Julie joined the band on keyboards. A few months later they found Fabiano from Brazil, wo would complete the line-up on the drums. They graduately gained popularity in Belgium, especially in West-Flanders, where they got the chance to play festivals and biker parties. That same year they recorded their first demo with the help of Wizz from Wizzard.   After a few line-up changes, the first single "Daydream" got released in 2013. The single featured Asmara on guitar, Tiana on vocals, JC on bass, Julie on keyboards, and Fabiano on drums. Currently, the band is working hard on their first studio album, "Believe in Yourself".  Members:  Asmara - ...

Claymore is independent female-fronted epic power metal band from Lazarevac, Serbia. The band released two albums - “The First Dawn of Sorrow” (2003) and “Lament of Victory” (2013). The music of Claymore can be described as mix of traditional European power metal with epic filmscore influences in the same vein with Manowar, Nightwish, Rhapsody of Fire, Bal-Sagoth, Dragonland and Virgin Steele, just to name a few. The band was formed in 1994 by its original member Vlad Invictus (guitars and vocals). After many line up changes during the entire decade, the band  finally recorded its debut album “The First Dawn of Sorrow” in 2003, which was released on CD and cassete for a Serbian record label “One Records”. The material itself was raw and homemade, but songs quickly found their way to listeners on a radio show called “Demo express 202”. The song “The Triumph” was among the top three most played songs for several months, but political and economical situation in Serbia was far ...

As The Storm (ATS) is a metal band from Bordeaux created in 2011.The group is composed of five musicians: Julien Bergé vocals, Alexandre Gourmelen lead guitar, Rémi Klein on rhythm guitar, Corentin Chiron on bass and Lionel Ker drums. As The Storm offers a rich and melodic metal influenced by melodic death, thrash, metalcore, with vocals mixing scream, growl and clear. Alpha , Alpha is As The Storm's first album. Entirely self-produced,mixed and mastered at Studio Secret Place by David Thiers,in Bordeaux . Contact Link http://www.asthestorm.com/ https://www.facebook.com/ AsTheStorm http://asthestorm.bandcamp. com/ http://www.youtube.com/user/ AsTheStorm

The idea of forming a band came in 2011 , when we were still only Thor and Felipe , with two guitars and a dream in his hands.Even the style that would play was set. But with the emergence of small ideas between steel strings and skinned fingers , born the first riff 's that defined us.Sometime later , we decided that we would take it seriously . We're looking for a bassist and a drummer who were willing to grab the same idea . Suicidal was when it appeared with low hands and all the prey will within him . But a drummer was really the hardest thing to achieve . Simply nobody worked. Nobody matched with us .We stayed almost a year , maybe more , until by chance know the Matheus . And al ... Well, there was done.Formed band , music in hand, what was missing ? Places to play .Then had another challenge . Nobody wants to give opportunity for four teenagers who say playing thrash metal. Another reason , it is extremely difficult to find places that accept...

After the demise of world-renewed Avantgarde band Carnival in coal, vocalist-extraordinaire and Rock Hard journalist Arno Strobl took part to many projects from which only a few made it to the public until he was invited to join france's 6:33 as their guest vocalist (they just lost theirs back then) for EP that finally got so successful  they decided to re - release a full -length together mid-2013. The full-length got very successful and critically-acclaimed but it was only a one-time thing for Arno that wanted to have a band of his very own in which he'd express all of his feelings, thoughts,creativity and emotions. Contacted a bit earlier by Kaotoxin recording artist Eye Of Solitude for some guest vocal (on the track "The Deceit" that's featured on the bonus CD of the band's latest full-length "Canto III"), he recordes his vocals in Deha s (of maladie,C.O.A.G and many more) studio in belgium (now relocated in Bulgaria and We All Die (La...

When you talk about Brazilian Metal, two trends come in mind: melodic or extreme. HAZY HAMLET, founded in 1999, brings at the time some alternative to old-school heavy metal lovers, being highlighted for the neat independent work. The special care with its releases helps the group to draw attention of specialized press and build a solid reputation - even being based far from any big Metal center. Three "demo" materials are released before the band's debut, the earlier two selling out quickly and distributed worldwide, and the later one released as downloadable single. During this period HAZY HAMLET plays for a crowd of 5000 headbangers aside the melodic Brazilian act SHAMAN. The previous works pave the way for HAZY HAMLET's first full-length, FORGING METAL, self-produced and released in 2009. Praises are received worldwide, and FORGING METAL is distributed in USA, Mexico, France, Germany, Greece, Sweden, Japan. The album is chosen the best of 2009 ...

Iron Spell was formed in Santiago, Chile on early 2013. We started working on material for our 1st record, but during the process we decided to release a demo first, and have it released during the year, and we did. "Heavy Metal Witchcraft" is our debut demo. main influences are classic Heavy Metal bands: Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Dio, King Diamond, Mercyful Fate, Motorhead, W.A.S.P., Exciter, Accept & Motley Crue to name a few. The band is:,FC Steelhammer: Drums,Rocko Van Roman: Bass,Raven: Guitars,Fire Jack: Guitars and Merciless K.co: Vocals This demo will be released in 7" Vinyl by Sweden Label "Burn Records" during February-March 2014, and now they working in new songs to complete the album recording. Contact -  https://www.facebook.com/ironspell FULL DEMO

RIOT's classic "Thundersteel" and "Privilege Of Power" lineup reunited in 2009 and delivered a critically acclaimed album, "Immortal Soul", via major metal heavyweights SPV/ Steamhammer and Avalon/ Marquee. A successful tour with performances on the prestigious 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise and appearances at Sweden Rock and Metalway festivals solidified RIOT's long-sought-after return a success, but success doesn't come without tragedy. The band's journey has never been easy, with personnel changes and the untimely deaths of frontmen Guy Speranza, Rhett Forrester as well as the passing of long-time founding guitarist Mark Reale who finally lost his lifelong battle with Crohn's disease early last year, and with Tony Moore battling his own demons and health issues, RIOT, like Johnny, are back again! Through the storm of life's obstacles, Mike Flyntz, Bobby Jarzombek and Don Van Stavern are joined by powerhouse vocalist extraordi...