News Posts

Last week, metalcore institution Killswitch Engage announced their upcoming new album ‘This Consequence’ set for release in February via Metal Blade and shared a first single with ‘Forever Aligned’!

German destructive force that is Mantar is set to release their new album ‘Post Apocalyptic Depression’ in early 2025 via Metal Blade Records and shared a first single with ‘Halsgericht’!

Heavy metal supergroup Category 7 unveiled their video for ‘Land I Used To Love’, a track from their earlier released self-titled debut album, out since July via Metal Blade Records!

Finnish folk metal icons Ensiferum released their latest new album ‘Winter Storm’ via Metal Blade Records a week ago, and now unveiled a video for the track ‘Fatherland’! Catch them live in December with Swallow The Sun in Finland, or in Europe and North America in 2025!

The enigmatic Italian doomsters of Messa have signed to the worldwide roster of Metal Blade Records for the next chapter of their careers! Having caught them live last April at this year’s edition of Desert Hel, they’re more than worth your time checking them out and we wish them all the success they can get from this move!

‘CPU’ is the latest single from Master Boot Record, a track from the upcoming new album ‘HARDWAREZ’ and a masterclass in MIDI composed electronic metal! The album is set for release on October 11th via Metal Blade Records!

Progressive death metal duo Entheos shared the single ‘A Thousand Days’, a track from their upcoming EP ‘An End To Everything’, set for release in October via Metal Blade Records!

Danish/Faroese progressive metal unit IOTUNN will unleash their second full-length album ‘Kinship’ in October via Metal Blade Records and unveiled some of the new work through the captivating video single ‘I Feel the Night’!

Heavy metal titans Satan unleashed ‘Turn the Tide’, another single from their upcoming album ‘Songs In Crimson’ set for release in a couple of weeks via Metal Blade Records! Catch them on tour throughout the whole month of September, including a stop at our very own Asgaard venue!

Heavy metal legends Satan recently announced their upcoming new album ‘Songs In Crimson’, set for release in September via Metal Blade Records, after which they’ll embark on an extensive UK/Europe tour, including a stop at our very own Asgaard venue!

Album Reviews

Sweden’s powerhouse The Crown returns with a solid album “Crown of Thorns”, delivering their trademark of aggressive death/thrash metal, out via Metal Blade Records!

4 years in the making and it was worth the wait. Ensiferum does a throw to album of the year where epic, gloomy, atmospheric, and melodic are some of the words to describe this journey that is ‘Winter Storm’, out via Metal Blade Records on October 18!

Kvaen’s third studio album ‘The Formless Fires’ captures the early years of Swedish melodic black metal. The album is highly recommended for fans of Dissection, The Moaning and A Canorous Quintet. Out on Metal Blade Records.

The sixth studio album ‘Host’ by the Swedish heavy metal powerhouse Portrait, channels 80s speed metal and NWOBHM on its fourteen new tracks. Out on Metal Blade records.

Per “Hellbutcher” Gustavsson incarnates the old school satanic black/thrash on his new project band Hellbutcher. The self-titled debut presents a high quality of classic raw metal that would remind fans of the glorious era of 80s. Out on Metal Blade Records.

Sorcerer returns with an epic dark album on its fourth installment “Reign of the Reaper” and brings an absolutely great slab of late 80s and early 90s heavy metal out since yesterday via Metal Blade Records.

U.S. heavy/doom metal veterans Cirith Ungol return with their sixth epic studio album “Dark Parade”, presenting eight thundering hymns of glorious 80s heavy metal, out on October 20th via Metal Blade Records.

Florida’s death metal titans Cannibal Corpse bounce back with their sixteenth album “Chaos Horrific” fulfilling their legacy as they once again fortify the ante. With Erik Rutan making his second appearance, Cannibal Corpse deliver some brutal material to their fans yet again. Out on September 22nd via Metal Blade Records!

Re-united Swedish death metal four-piece Vomitory is back in action. The tenth album “All Heads Are Gonna Roll” is brutally and technically outstanding, out via Metal Blade Records!

The tenth opus “Terrasite” in Cattle Decapitation’s catalog focuses on the slower melodic trademarks without sacrificing its sonic brutality. This is another high-quality output from these progressive death metal/grindcore maniacs, and I will not be surprised to see it on fans’ top albums of the year. Out via Metal Blade Records!