**The Latest in Brutality & Cold Steel**

[Magic]

I posted about this album coming out earlier in this thread…..it was released yesterday. Decent album!
Full of energy, kick ass brute force, double thumps, shredding, and high pitch soaring vocals. No Ballads..



Full album

 

[Magic]

An EP that has caught my attention….it’s a one man band, superb, with a mind blowing Deep Purple cover!

Stone Fang.
Epic heavy metal from Mississippi, USA. Released January 31, 2024.




Definitely for Mercyful Fate, Candlemass, Diamond Head fans.

Tracklist
1. A Demonstration of Soul Power
2. The Ruined Path
3. Clashing Blades of the Northern Lands
4. Bloodsucker (Deep Purple Cover)

Lineup:
Metas - Vocals, all instruments

Bloodsucker

full EP

 

[Magic]

A new & unique hard rock band I have been keeping an eye on since the release of their first single last year…..

Bastion Rose.
from Bloomington, Indiana USA



Their 4 song debut EP, Fade to Blue, will be released February 23, 2024.

two releases so far…

Coming For You

Halo Devil

 

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The Quill.
Hard rock / Stoner rock band from Sweden. They’ve been around since the 90’s.

They will be releasing a new album, Wheel of Illusion, on March 29, 2024. The album is featuring ex members from Ayreon, Arch Enemy, Spiritual Beggars, and Firebird.



Tracklist:
1. Wheel of Illusion
2. We Burn
3. Rainmaker
4. Elephant Head
5. Hawks ; Hounds
6. L.I.B.E.R.
7. Sweet Mass Confusion (All Rise Now)
8. The Last Thing You Remember
9. Wild Mustang

Wheel of Illusion

 

[Magic]

Valhalla Awaits.
Hard Rock from the UK. Very reminiscent of Alterbridge.



Is There Anybody Out There

Staring At The Gub

 

[Magic]

Midnight.
Black Metal / Speed Metal from Cleveland Ohio. This is the 6th album. Think Motörhead meets Venom……
Released March 8, 2024. (Same day as Judas Priest’s Invincible Shield)



Full album

 

[Magic]

I haven’t posted in here for a while.

Lords of Black.
A Ronnie Romero (Rainbow) project. They are power prog. New album, Mechanics of Predacity, came out March 15, 2024.


Let the Nightmare Come

I Want the Darkness to Stop

 

[Magic]

Thought I would chase off the dust bunnies..

Bus The Unknown Secretary.
Yeah, I know, crazy band name!

They are heavy metal / heavy psyche / hard rock from Greece. Excellent band with that NWOBHM feel.

The new album, We Are The Night, will be released June 21, 2024….but it’s leaked



We Are The Night

Rumors

Full Album

 

[Magic]

Void Commander.
A trio from Sweden. They are heavy psyche / bluesy stoner hard rock dabbling into some doom metal. Just released their 4th album, Alien Queen on June 7, 2024.

Great album of some old roots type fuzzed out blues.



Sweet Depression

The Night Took My Name

Full Album

 

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Vendel.
Epic heavy metal / doom metal from Moscow, Russia. The debut album, Out in the Fields, comes out June 14, 2024, but it’s leaked!

Excellent NWOTHM. Very melodic. Complex. Great vocals.



Out in the Fields

Never Surrender

Full Album