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PAST RELEASES
Friday, January 8, 2021
Alta Reign – Mother’s Day (Rat Pak)
Frozen Soul – Crypt Of Ice (Century Media)
Hearts & Hand Grenades – Turning To Ashes (Eclipse)
Magnum – Dance Of The Black Tattoo (SPV/Steamhammer)
Michael Schenker Group – Immortal (Nuclear Blast)
FRIDAY, January 15, 2021
Accept – Too Mean To Die (Nuclear Blast)
Bhleg – Odhin (Nordvis)
Bloody Hammers – Songs Of Unspeakable Terror (Napalm)
Dale Crover – Rat-A-Tat-Tat! (Joyful Noise)
Dragony – Viribus Unitis (Napalm)
Dread Sovereign – Alchemical Warfare (Metal Blade)
Edenbridge – The Chronicles Of Eden Part 2 (SPV/Steamhammer)
Embrace Of Thorns – Revelation Of All Sins CD/DVD (Saturnal)
Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou – The Helm Of Sorrow EP (Sacred Bones)
Frank Iero And The Future Violents – Heaven Is A Place, This Is A Place (UNFD)
Painted Wives – New Medusa (Century)
Razor – Armed & Dangerous Re-Release (Relapse)
Razor – Live! Osaka Saikou 大阪最 Re-Release (Relapse)
Saor – Guardians Re-Release (Season Of Mist)
Starified – Fat Hits (Ripple)
Voodoo Circle – Locked & Loaded (AFM)
Friday, January 22, 2021
Asphyx – Necroceros (Century Media)
Creye – II (Frontiers)
Damon Johnson & The Get Ready – Battle Lessons (Double Dragon)
The Dead Daisies – Holy Ground (SPV/Steamhammer)
Ektomorf – Reborn (Napalm)
Jason Bieler and The Baron Von Bielski Orchestra – Songs For The Apocalypse (Frontiers)
Kickin Valentina – The Revenge Of Rock (Mighty)
Labyrinth – Welcome To The Absurd Circus (Frontiers)
Nervosa – Perpetual Chaos (Napalm)
Phantom Elite – Titanium (Frontiers)
Therion – Leviathan (Nuclear Blast)
W.E.T. – Retransmission (Frontiers)
Wig Wam – Never Say Die (Frontiers)
January 29, 2021
The Body – I’ve Seen All I Need To See (Thrill Jockey)
Demon Head – Viscera (Metal Blade)
Grey Daze – Amends…Stripped EP (Loma Vista)
MSG – Immortal (Nuclear Blast)
Nightfall – Athenian Echoes/Eons Aura Re-Release (Season Of Mist)
Nightfall – Macabre Sunsets Re-Release (Season Of Mist)
Nightfall – Parade Into Centuries Re-Release (Season Of Mist)
Pounder – Breaking The World (Shadow Kingdom)
Rezet – Truth In Between (Metalville)
Sargeist – Let The Devil In Re-Release (Moribund)
Soen – Imperial (Silver Lining)
Splendidula – Somnus (Argonauta Records)
Tribulation – Where The Bloom Becomes Sound (Metal Blade)
Werewolves – What A Time To Be Alive (Prosthetic)
February 5, 2021
Angelus Apatrida – Angelus Apatrida (Century Media)
Cult Of Luna – The Raging River EP (Red Creek)
Korpiklaani – Jylhä (Nuclear Blast)
The Ruins Of Beverast – The Thule Grimoires (Van)
Sarin – You Can’t Go Back (Prosthetic)
Todd La Torre – Rejoice In The Suffering (Rat Pak)
Transatlantic – The Absolute Universe (InsideOut)
February 12, 2021
Abiotic – Ikigai (The Artisan Era)
Dead Poet Society – -!- (Spinefarm)
Dio – Evil Or Divine: Live In New York City Re-Release (Niji/BMG)
Dio – Holy Diver Live Re-Release (Niji/BMG)
Durbin – The Beast Awakens (Frontiers)
Emptiness – Vide (Season Of Mist)
Everdawn – Cleopatra (Sensory)
God Is An Astronaut – Ghost Tapes #10 (Napalm)
Immortal Guardian – Psychosomatic (M-Theory)
Joel Hoekstra’s 13 – Running Games (Frontiers)
Love And Death – Perfectly Preserved (Blind Tiger)
Nightfall – Diva Futura/Electronegative Re-Release (Season Of Mist)
Nightfall – Lesbian Show Re-Release (Season Of Mist)
The Pretty Reckless – Death By Rock And Roll (Fearless)
Simulacrum – Genesis (Frontiers)
Sirenia – Riddles, Ruins & Revelations (Napalm)
February 19, 2021
The Amenta – Revelator (Debemur Morti)
Austin Meade – Black Sheep (Snakefarm)
Escape The Fate – Chemical Warfare (Better Noise)
The Gathering – Mandylion Re-Release (Transcending)
The Gathering – Nighttime Birds Re-Release (Transcending)
Lake Of Tears – Ominous (AFM)
Nothing, Nowhere – Trauma Factory (Fueled By Ramen)
Philm – Time Burner (Metalville)
Ricky Warwick – When Life Was Hard And Fast (Nuclear Blast)
A Scent Like Wolves – Mystic Auras (We Are Triumphant)
Suffering Hour – The Cyclic Reckoning (Profound Lore)
Temperance – Melodies Of Green And Blue EP (Napalm)
February 26, 2021
Alice Cooper – Detroit Stories (earMusic)
Anneke van Giersbergen – The Darkest Skies Are The Brightest (InsideOut)
Architects – For Those That Wish To Exist (Epitaph)
Culted – Nous (Season Of Mist)
Einherjer – Dragons Of The North Re-Release (Napalm)
Einherjer – North Star (Napalm)
Empyrium – Über den Sternen (Prophecy)
Epica – Omega (Nuclear Blast)
Evergrey – Escape Of The Phoenix (AFM)
Karbholz – Kontra (Metalville)
Kreator – Under The Guillotine Box Set (Noise)
Melvins 1983 – Working With God (Ipecac)
Mephistofeles – A Path Of Black EP (Helter Skelter/Regain)
Moonspell – Hermitage (Napalm)
Ominous Ruin – Amidst Voices That Echo In Stone (Willowtip)
March 5, 2021
Acid Mammoth – Caravan (Heavy Psych Sounds)
A Day To Remember – You’re Welcome (Fueled By Ramen)
Demon Hunter – Songs Of Death And Resurrection (Solid State)
Insane Clown Posse – Yum Yum Bedlam (Psychopathic)
Nightfall – At Night We Prey (Season Of Mist)
Thron – Pilgrim (Listenable)
Witherfall – Curse Of Autumn (Century Media)
Wolf King – The Path Of Wrath (Prosthetic)
March 12, 2021
Acid Mammoth – Acid Mammoth Re-Release (Heavy Psych Sounds)
Acid Mammoth – Under Acid Hoof Re-Release (Heavy Psych Sounds)
Blackmore’s Night – Nature’s Light (earMusic)
Enforced – Kill Grid (Century Media)
Eyehategod – A History Of Nomadic Behavior (Century Media)
Gizmachi – Omega Kaleid (Self)
Rob Zombie – The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy (Nuclear Blast)
Thunder – All The Right Noises (BMG)
White Void – Anti (Nuclear Blast)
March 19, 2021
Agent Steel – No Other Godz Before Me (Dissonance)
Depths Of Hatred – Inheritance (Prosthetic)
Papa Roach – Greatest Hits Vol.2 – The Better Noise Years (Better Noise)
Saxon – Inspirations (Silver Lining)
March 26, 2021
As Everything Unfolds – Within Each Lies The Other (Long Branch)
Budderside – Spiritual Violence (Motorhead/Silver Lining)
Evanescence – The Bitter Truth (BMG)
April 9, 2021
Devil Sold His Soul – Loss (Nuclear Blast)
April 16, 2021
Bewitcher – Cursed Be Thy Kingdom (Century Media)
Greta Van Fleet – The Battle Of Garden’s Gate (Lava/Republic)
While She Sleeps – Sleeps Society (Spinefarm)
April 30, 2021
Twiztid – Unlikely Prescription (Majik Ninja)
May 7, 2021
Weezer – Van Weezer (Crush Music)
May 21, 2021
Amorphis – Live At Helsinki Ice Hall (Nuclear Blast)
Amorphis – The Vinyl Collection 2006-2020 Box Set (Nuclear Blast)
May 28, 2021
Vincent Crowley Band – Beyond Acheron (Odium)
FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 2021
ATREYU — Baptize [Spinefarm]
FLOTSAM & JETSAM — Blood In The Water [AFM]
PAUL GILBERT — Werewolves Of Portland [Mascot]
RED FANG — Arrows [Relapse]
RISE AGAINST — Nowhere Generation [Loma Vista]
VAN CANTO — To The Power Of Eight [Napalm]
FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 2021
AFI — Bodies [Rise]
BLACK SABBATH — Sabotage Re-Release [Rhino]
CRYPTA — Echoes Of The Soul [Napalm]
GARBAGE — No Gods No Masters [BMG]
GO AHEAD AND DIE — Go Ahead And Die [Nuclear Blast]
KISS — Off The Soundboard: Tokyo 2001 [UMe]
MAMMOTH WVH — Mammoth WVH [EX1]
MR. BUNGLE — The Night They Came Home [Ipecac]
WRISTMEETSRAZOR — Replica Of A Strange Love [Prosthetic]
FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 2021
CROBOT — Rat Child EP [Mascot]
FEAR FACTORY — Aggression Continuum [Nuclear Blast]
HELLOWEEN — Helloween [Nuclear Blast]
STYX — Crash Of The Crown [UMe]
TOM MORELLO & THE BLOODY BEETROOTS — The Catastrophist EP [Self]
FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 2021
AMENRA — De Doorn [Relapse]
BEARTOOTH — Below [Red Bull]
BUCKCHERRY — Hellbound [Round Hill/Earache]
DARKTHRONE — Eternal Hails [Peaceville]
HACKTIVIST — Hyperdialect [UNFD]
HEAVY SENTENCE — Bang To Rights [Dying Victims]
LIGHT THE TORCH — You Will Be The Death Of Me [Nuclear Blast]
MOTÖRHEAD — No Sleep ‘Til Hammersmith 40th Anniversary Edition [BMG]
PESTILENCE — Exitivm [Agonia]
FRIDAY, JULY 2, 2021
AT THE GATES — The Nightmare Of Being [Century Media]
BORN OF OSIRIS — Angel Or Alien [Sumerian]
LORD OF THE LOST — Judas [Napalm]
MOONSHINE BANDITS — Fire [Average Joes]
FRIDAY, JULY 9, 2021
MAYHEM — Atavistic Black Disorder / Kommando EP [Century Media]
POWERWOLF — Call Of The Wild [Napalm]
SILVERSTEIN — When Broken Is Easily Fixed Re-Release [Craft]
FRIDAY, JULY 16, 2021
PARADISE LOST — At The Mill [Nuclear Blast]
TIMES OF GRACE — Songs Of Loss And Separation [Wicked Good]
WILLOW — Lately I Feel Everything [MSFTS/Roc Nation]
WIZARDTHRONE — Hypercube Necrodimensions [Napalm]
FRIDAY, JULY 23, 2021
DESCENDENTS — 9th & Walnut [Epitaph]
MR. BIG — Lean Into It 30th Anniversary Edition [Evoxs]
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN — Parabellum [Music Theories/Mascot]
FRIDAY, JULY 30, 2021
DEE SNIDER — Leave A Scar [Napalm]
THE GHOST INSIDE — Rise From The Ashes: Live At The Shrine [Epitaph]
SEETHER — The Wasteland – The Purgatory EP [Fantasy]
SWALLOW THE SUN — 20 Years Of Gloom, Beauty And Despair [Century Media]
FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 2021
FEUERSCHWANZ — Die Letzte Schlacht [Napalm]
LINGUA IGNOTA — Sinner [Sargent House]
NIGHT RANGER — ATBPO [Frontiers]
NIGHTWISH — Once Re-Release [Nuclear Blast]
FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 2021
BLACKTOP MOJO — Blacktop Mojo [Self]
GOST — Rites Of Love And Reverence [Century Media]
LORNA SHORE — …And I Return To Nothingness EP [Century Media]
SLAUGHTER TO PREVAIL — Kostolom [Sumerian]
SEPULTURA — SepulQuarta [Nuclear Blast]
FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 2021
BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME — Colors II [Sumerian]
DEAFHEAVEN — Infinite Granite [Sargent House]
GEORGE LYNCH — Seamless [Rat Pak]
SODOM — Bombenhagel EP [Steamhammer/SPV]
WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM — Primordial Arcana [Relapse]
FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 2021
DANKO JONES — Power Trio [Sonic Unyon]
JINJER — Wallflowers [Napalm]
LEPROUS — Aphelion [InsideOut]
NEAL MORSE BAND — Innocence & Danger [InsideOut]
TURNSTILE — Glow On [Roadrunner]
WORMWITCH — Wolf Hex [Prosthetic]
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2021
CARNIFEX — Graveside Confessions [Nuclear Blast]
GREEN LUNG — Black Harvest [Svart]
IRON MAIDEN — Senjutsu [BMG]
P.O.D. — Satellite 20th Anniversary Edition [Rhino]
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
METALLICA — Metallica (Remastered) [Blackened]
VARIOUS ARTISTS — The Metallica Blacklist [Blackened]
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
CARCASS — Torn Arteries [Nuclear Blast]
DAUGHTRY — Dearly Beloved [Dogtree]
DON BROCO — Amazing Things [SharpTone]
SPIRITBOX — Eternal Blue [Rise]
THRICE — Horizons/East [Epitaph]
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2021
ANGELS & AIRWAVES — Lifeforms [Rise]
BADFLOWER — This Is How The World Ends [Big Machine]
RIVERS OF NIHIL — The Work [Metal Blade]
SLEEP TOKEN — This Place Will Become Your Tomb [Spinefarm]
TREMONTI — Marching In Time [Napalm]
UNTO OTHERS — Strength [Roadrunner]
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2021
ASKING ALEXANDRIA — See What’s On The Inside [Better Noise]
BLACK SABBATH — Technical Ecstasy Re-Release [Rhino]
FULL OF HELL — Garden Of Burning Apparitions [Relapse]
MINISTRY — Moral Hygiene [Nuclear Blast]
VAMPIRES EVERYWHERE — The Awakening [Cleopatra]
WAGE WAR — Manic [Fearless]
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2021
CREEPING DEATH — The Edge Of Existence EP [eOne]
GUS G — Quantum Leap [AFM]
NOTHING — The Great Dismal B-Sides EP [Relapse]
TRIVIUM — In The Court Of The Dragon [Roadrunner]
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2021
DED — School Of Thought [Suretone]
GEMINI SYNDROME — 3rd Degree – The Raising [Century Media]
ICE NINE KILLS — The Silver Scream 2: Welcome To Horrorwood [Fearless]
THE MELVINS — Five Legged Dog [Ipecac]
SEETHER — Vicennial – 2 Decades Of Seether [Craft]
TWELVE FOOT NINJA — Vengeance [Volkanik]
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2021
CRADLE OF FILTH — Existence Is Futile [Nuclear Blast]
DREAM THEATER — A View From The Top Of The World [InsideOut]
EVERY TIME I DIE — Radical [Epitaph]
STARSET — Horizons [Fearless]
WORM — Foreverglade [20 Buck Spin]
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2021
ARCHSPIRE — Bleed The Future [Season Of Mist]
BAD WOLVES — Dear Monsters [Better Noise]
BEAST IN BLACK — Dark Connection [Nuclear Blast]
BLACK VEIL BRIDES — The Phantom Tomorrow [Sumerian]
JERRY CANTRELL — Brighten [Self]
JOHN 5 — Sinner [Big Machine]
MASTODON — Hushed And Grim [Reprise]
MOTÖRHEAD — Everything Louder Forever [BMG]
WHITECHAPEL — Kin [Metal Blade]
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2021
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE — Bullet For My Valentine [Spinefarm/Search & Destroy]
EMMA RUTH RUNDLE — Engine Of Hell [Sargent House]
GAahl’S WYRD — The Humming Mountain EP [Season Of Mist]
OMNIUM GATHERUM — Origin [Century Media]
OZZY OSBOURNE — Diary Of A Madman Re-Release [Epic]
SPIRITWORLD — Pagan Rhythms Re-Release [Century Media]
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2021
ALL THAT REMAINS — The Fall Of Ideals Vinyl Re-Release [Craft]
NIRVANA — Nevermind 30th Anniversary Edition [Geffen/UMe]
THE PINEAPPLE THIEF — Nothing But The Truth [Kscope]
SILENT SKIES — Nectar [Napalm]
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2021
CONVERGE — Bloodmoon: I [Epitaph]
EXODUS — Persona Non Grata [Nuclear Blast]
KHEMMIS — Deceiver [Nuclear Blast]
OBSCURA — A Valediction [Nuclear Blast]
SWALLOW THE SUN — Moonflowers [Century Media]
VOLUMES — Happier? [Fearless]
VRSTY — Welcome Home [Spinefarm]
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2021
BLACK LABEL SOCIETY — Doom Crew Inc. [eOne]
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY — Sleeping Martyr: 2000-2005 [HNE]
CYNIC — Ascension Codes [Season Of Mist]
DEEP PURPLE — Turning To Crime [earMusic]
HYPOCRISY — Worship [Nuclear Blast]
LORDI — Lordiversity [AFM]
MEGADETH — A Night In Buenos Aires [Cleopatra]
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2021
THE BROWNING — End Of Existence [Spinefarm]
DEATH ANGEL — The Bastard Tracks [Nuclear Blast]
EPICA — Ωmega Alive [Nuclear Blast]
OF MICE & MEN — Echo [SharpTone]
SKID ROW — The Atlantic Years: 1989-1996 Box Set [Atlantic]
VOLBEAT — Servant Of The Mind [Republic]
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2021
GREEN DAY — BBC Sessions [Warner]
LORD OF THE LOST — The Sacrament Of Judas [Napalm]
SODOM — M-16 20th Anniversary Edition [BMG]
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2021
BEHEMOTH — In Absentia Dei [Nuclear Blast]
POWERWOLF — Blood Of The Saints 10th Anniversary Edition [Napalm]
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2021
FEUERSCHWANZ — Memento Mori [Napalm]
MUTTERLEIN — Bring Down The Flags [Debemur Morti]
WOMBBATH — Agma [Transcending Obscurity]