Whether one is an avid fan of Axel Rudi Pell, or maybe just a big fan of heavy metal or power metal in general, it would be difficult to understand why any heavy metal fans would ignore Knight’s Call for any reason.

Fresh off of touring with Epica and Beyond The Black in Europe, Powerwolf rest only to focus on continuing their festival celebrations later on. Good thing you have the marvelous tour edition of Blessed and Possessed to experience beforehand.

As far as examples of the black metal genre go, this album from Germans Der Rote Milan ticks all boxes. Read more here…

German thrash staples Dew-Scented will release their tenth album Intermination on June 30 in North America via Prosthetic Records.

Dew-Scented will release their 10th studio album, Intermination, on June 30 in North America. Listen to the new song “On A Collision Course” here!

German extreme metallers September Murder have recently launched a full album stream of their new output He Who Invokes Decadence. The album was released on June 17th (Europe) and June 18th (worldwide) as an independent release. The follower-up to the debut long player Agony in Flesh (2009 – Maintain Rec./Twilight Distribution) was produced by Jens Martinek at his Schmiedeberg 7 Studios in Rübeland, Germany and mastered in early 2013 by Peter Neuber at Mega Wimp Sound Studios, Berlin, who has previously done work with Nasum, Vomitory, Primordial, and War From A Harlots Mouth. The artwork was done by Christian Herzer from GUULarts.

There are very few rock groups worldwide whose musical substance and personnel structure has been as stable over the past two and a half decades as that of Fair Warning. The German rock act has released studio and live albums at regular intervals since 1991 without ever manifesting any significant weaknesses. So you’d better mark May 27th (Germany: 24 May 2013, US/Canada: 18 June 2013) in your diary, because that’s the scheduled release day of Sundancer, the eleventh offering by the band which continues to consist in the 23rd year of its existence.

German death metallers September Murder are going to release their new album, He Who Invokes Decadence, on June 17 (Europe) and June 18 (worldwide). Once more, the CD has been produced by Jens Martinek at his Schmiedeberg 7 Studios in Rübeland, Germany and was mastered in early 2013 by Peter Neuber at Mega Wimp Sound, Berlin, who has previously done work with Nasum, Vomitory, Primordial and War From A Harlots Mouth. Likewise, Christian Herzer of GUULarts has taken the lead over the artwork again.

Dew-Scented celebrates 20 years of deadly thrash metal with their upcoming anniversary release, Insurgent, due May 28 via Prosthetic Records in North America and available now for pre-order. Insurgent features a mix of new originals, live tracks and rare covers – 19 songs and 76 minutes in all. One brand new track, “Confronting Entropy,” is now available for streaming on Soundcloud – listen below. The cover art for Insurgent, was completed by Björn Gooßes (Killustrations.net).

German heavy metal brigade Sacred Steel has posted another track off their forthcoming album, The Bloodshed Summoning. This newest song to be offered off of the album is titled “When the Siren Calls” and can be heard at the Cruz Del Sur Bandcamp page – listen now just below!

Quite clearly bonkers, German power metal outfit Sacred Steel have produced one of the most ludicrously brilliant heavy metal albums of the year in The Bloodshed Summoning. In fact, only more ludicrous than the actual album itself was the sight of me driving along at 80 mph pounding my fist along to the unashamed heavy metal of “No God / No Religion”.

German heavy metal brigade Sacred Steel has posted a brand new song off their forthcoming album, The Bloodshed Summoning. The track, entitled “No God/No Religion,” is a fierce display of thrash-tinged and aggressive brand of true metal that Sacred Steel has in store for fans when The Bloodshed Summoning drops on February 16th via Cruz Del Sur Music. Check out “No God/No Religion” below!

German death metal newcomers September Murder have launched a stream of their new song “In Celebration of Mankind’s Wretchedness”, the first sampling from their second album He Who Invokes Decadence. The follow-up to their debut long player Agony in Flesh (2009 – Maintain Rec./Twilight) has now been successfully completed and the band is searching for suitable partners for its release and distribution.

Welcome to your grimmest death. Monument in Black from German Black Metal stalwarts Sonic Reign will be released by Apostasy Records on February 1, 2013. Sonic Reign follows up 2006’s Raw Dark Pure (reissued in 2007 by Metal Blade) with driving muscular grooves and feral force again reminiscent of Satyricon. Also recommended for fans of Dark Fortress and Secrets Of The Moon. Stream album cut “The Whisperer in the Dark” below now!