If you ever get lost in the sea of "crystal" acts (Crystal Eyes, Crystal Tears, Crystal Viper, Crystal Ball, Crystal Castle, Crystal Lake, Crystal Sword....need I go on? Ok - Crystal Dreams, Crystal Gates, Crystal Fate, Crystal Abyss, Crystal Crow, Crystal Pyramid, Crystal Sky), just remember - there can be only one true crystal master! Crystal Eyes has released consistently great albums for 20 years now, aging gracefully. For those unfamiliar to the band, imagine a tour of e

German symphonic/gothic metal outfit Aeternitas released a special lyric video for the new single "The Raven," which you can check out in the player above. The song appears on the new album "Tales of the Grotesque" on June 29th via Massacre Records! Pre-order the album at this location. The album marks the fifth studio release from the band and it was mixed by Alex Hunziger at Sonofactum and mastered by Darius van Helfteren at Amsterdam Mastering. The cover artwork - availa

U.K. metal act The Heretic Order released the new single "The Forest Of The Impaled." Check out the lyric video in the player above. The song appears on the band's sophomore album "Evil Rising" coming June 22nd via Massacre Records. Lord Ragnar comments on the new single: "The song describes the feelings and the horrific sight that befalls an Ottoman soldier who encounters the Forest of the Impaled's victims, ordered by Vlad III of Wallachia, during the Ottoman's invasion of

The time has finally arrived and the long wait is over. In as much as I appreciate the successes of Leaves' Eyes of late, especially with the ability to witness Alex Krull, Thorsten Bauer, Joris Nijenhuis and Pete Streit in action live...my preference of bands has always been with Atrocity. In the storied history of the German death metal machine, Atrocity has presented both straight up death and bold, daring experimentation, all of it gleefully gobbled up by your author (ser

Legendary German metal band Stormwitch released the new single "Odins Ravens," which is streaming in the player above. The song appears on the band's new album "Bound to the Witch," which is set for release on June 29th via Massacre Records! "Bound to the Witch" was mixed and mastered by Marc Ayerle at the klangMAnufaktur studio and will be available as a jewel case CD, a strictly limited vinyl LP, a limited edition CD digipak (featuring three exclusive bonus tracks), digita

German black/death metal act Eisregen issued a preview clip for the new EP "Satan Liebt Dich," which officially drops today (June 8th) via Massacre Records. The album is available as a digipak CD, as well as, a limited edition vinyl LP over at this location. Check out the clip above. "Satan Liebt Dich" was mixed and mastered by Markus Stock at Klangschmiede Studio E. Yantit and Sebastian Spelda are responsible for the creation of the cover artwork (shown below). The band will

German death metal act Atrocity posted another teaser clip, this one previewing the new song "Infernal Sabbath." Check out the clip in the player above. The song appears on the band's long awaited new album "Okkult II," which is set to drop on July 6th via Massacre Records! "Okkult II" will be available as a limited edition vinyl LP, a limited edition media-book with a different artwork and bonus CD that includes all songs as instrumental versions as well as a strictly limite

German death metal act Atrocity is streaming the new single "Bloodshed And Triumph" in the player above. The song appears on the band's long awaited new album "Okkult II," which is set to drop on July 6th via Massacre Records! "Okkult II" will be available as a limited edition vinyl LP, a limited edition media-book with a different artwork and bonus CD that includes all songs as instrumental versions as well as a strictly limited box-set that contains the media-book, a t-shir

U.K. metal act The Heretic Order released the new single "Evil Rising" in the form of a video clip, which can be viewed in the player above. The song is the title track of the band's sophomore album coming June 22nd via Massacre Records. The band once more teamed up with Guillermo "Will" Maya, who took care of the mix and mastering. Check out the track listing here: 1. Prelude 2. Evil Rising 3. Unholy War 4. Hate Is Born 5. Omens 6. Mortification Of The Flesh 7. Under T

German black/death metal act Eisregen issued a video clip for the new single "Menschenmetzger Fritz (Transilvanian Beef Club)," which is taken from the new EP "Satan Liebt Dich," which is expected to drop on June 8th via Massacre Records. The album will be available as a digipak CD, as well as, a limited edition vinyl LP. Check out the clip above. This song about the German serial killer Fritz Haarmann features lyrics written by and vocals performed by Yantit, and will especi

German death metal act Atrocity released a another teaser, this time for the new song "Gates To Oblivion," which features a guest appearance from ex-Morgoth vocalist Marc Grewe. Check out the clip in the player above. The song appears on the band's long awaited new album "Okkult II," which is set to drop on July 6th via Massacre Records! "Okkult II" will be available as a limited edition vinyl LP, a limited edition media-book with a different artwork and bonus CD that include

German death metal act Atrocity released a second teaser, this time "Menschenschlachthaus," which follows the teaser a few days ago for "Spell Of Blood" (view it here). Check out the clip in the player above. The song appears on the band's long awaited new album "Okkult II," which is set to drop on July 6th via Massacre Records! "Okkult II" will be available as a limited edition vinyl LP, a limited edition media-book with a different artwork and bonus CD that includes all son

Swiss metal act Crystal Ball released a new music video for the song "Curtain Call," which is available in the player above. The song is taken from the band's latest album "Crystallizer," which was issued in the tail end of April via Massacre Records. Grab your copy over at this location. The clip was directed by Martin Müller. Check out the band live on these dates: 24.05.2018 CH Solothurn - Kulturfabrik Kofmehl 26.05.2018 CH Wetzikon - Hall Of Fame 27.07.2018 CH Cevio - Cev

German melodic thrash/death metal quintet Burden Of Grief released a music video for the new single "Wolf Moon," which is available in the player above. The song is taken from the new album "Eye Of The Storm," which was just released via Massacre Records back on May 4th. Grab a copy of the album at this location. The video is the second part of a video trilogy, with the first for "Broken" available over here. The third part of the trilogy will be released next months. The vid

German symphonic/gothic metal outfit Aeternitas released a video clip for the new single "The Experiment," which you can check out in the player above. The song appears on the new album "Tales of the Grotesque" on June 29th via Massacre Records! Pre-order the album at this location. The album marks the fifth studio release from the band and it was mixed by Alex Hunziger at Sonofactum and mastered by Darius van Helfteren at Amsterdam Mastering. The cover artwork - available