08) Artist: Alice Cooper
Album: Theatre Of Death — Live At Hammersmith 2009 (EarMusic)
Release Date: March 8
Key Points: Alice Cooper’s Theatre Of Death — Live At Hammersmith 2009 comes to vinyl for the first time. This limited edition release, pressed on red 180g LPs, includes a concert film DVD and a numbered replica concert ticket. Pre-order here.
Track List:
Side A:
01) “School’s Out”
02) “Department Of Youth”
03) “I’m Eighteen”
04) “Wicked Young Man”
05) “Ballad Of Dwight Fry”
06) “Go To Hell”
07) “Guilty”
Side B:
01) “Welcome To My Nightmare”
02) “Cold Ethyl”
03) “Poison”
04) “The Awakening”
05) “From The Inside”
06) “Nurse Rozetta”
07) “Is It My Body?”
Side C:
01) “Be My Lover”
02) “Only Women Bleed”
03) “I Never Cry”
04) “The Black Widow”
05) “Vengeance Is Mine”
06) “Devil’s food”
07) “Dirty Diamond”
Side D:
01) “Billion Dollar Babies”
02) “Killer”
03) “I Love The Dead”
04) “No More Mr. Nice Guy”
05) “Under My Wheels”
06) “School’s Out”
09) Artist: Before The Dawn
Album: Archaic Flame EP (Napalm Records)
Release Date: March 8
Key Points: After a decade of silence, Finnish melodic death metal outfit Before The Dawn are back following their successful comeback album Stormbringers and domination of 70,000 Tons of Metal cruise with their upcoming EP. Video for “Archaic Flame” is available via this location. Pre-order the EP here.
Track List:
01) “Archaic Flame”
02) “Chaos Sequence”
03) “Run to You (Bryan Adams Cover)”
04) “Dying Sun (live)”
10) Artist: Boundaries
Album: Death Is Little More (3DOT Recordings)
Release Date: March 29
Key Points: Boundaries vocalist Matt McDougal describes the forthcoming record as embracing, frightening, and thematically inspired by Dante’s “Inferno, Canto I.” Produced by Randy LeBoeuf, the album also features guest performances from members of Kublai Khan TX, Alpha Wolf, and Invent Animate. Video for Easily Erased available here. Pre-order via this location.
Track List:
01) “Turning Hate Into Rage”
02) “Darkness Shared”
03) “Like Petals From A Stem”
04) “Easily Erased”
05) “Cursed To Remember”
06) “Death Is Little More”
07) “A Pale Light Lingers” (feat. Lochie Keogh)
08) “Face The Blade”
09) “Scars On A Soul”
10) “Blame’s Burden” (feat. Marcus Vik)
11) “Blood Soaked Salvation” (feat. Matt Honeycutt)
12) “Inhale The Grief”
11) Artist: Blood Opera
Album: Songs in the Key of Death
Release Date: February 24
Key Points: Blood Opera’s upcoming album features guests like Morgan Lander and Maurizio Guarini. Inspired by horror films, singles include “The Gates of Hell” and “Be My Victim” with Tony Todd’s voice-over. Paying homage to horror, it promises a darkly thrilling experience for fans of GWAR. Pre-order here.
Track List:
01) “Just Keep Digging”
02) “Feeding Frenzy” ft. guest vocals Morgan Lander (Kittie) and voice-over by Linnea Quigley (The Return of the Living Dead)
03) “Don’t Go Out Tonight”
04) “Fight to Survive” ft. voice-over by Michael Berryman (The Hills Have Eyes, X-Files, Star-Trek)
05) “A Waste of Good Suffering “
06) “The Gates of Hell” ft. guest keyboards Maurizio Guarini (Goblin)
07) “Breaking News”
08) “Killer Klowns From Outer Space” (Cover)
09) “The Ballad of Father Malone” (4:11) ft. voice-over by Adrienne Barbeau (The Fog, Escape From New York)
10) “Brundlefly”
11) “Damien”
12) “Be My Victim” ft. voice-over by Tony Todd (Candyman) (Bonus Track)
13) “The Band of the Living Dead”
14) “The Key of Death”
12) Artist: Midnight
Album: Hellish Expectations (Metal Blade Records)
Release Date: March 8
Key Points: Midnight’s sixth full-length album showcases Athenar’s signature brand of lust, grime, and sleaze in ten tracks. The album, written over a weekend, promises a concise, aggressive experience. Video available for “F.O.A.L” here. Pre-order via this location.
Track List:
01) “Expect Total Hell”
02) “Gash Scrape”
03) “Masked and Deadly”
04) “Slave Of The Blade”
05) “Dungeon Lust”
06) “Nuclear Savior”
07) “Deliver Us To Devil”
08) “Mercyless Slaughtor”
09) “Doom Death Desire”
10) “F.O.A.L.”
13) Artist: Ingested
Album: The Tide Of Death And Fractured Dreams (Metal Blade Records)
Release Date: April 5
Key Points: Ingested’s new album showcases their relentless growth amid pandemic challenges, featuring guest appearances by Mark Hunter of Chimaira and Josh Middleton of Sylosis. The first single, “Paragon Of Purity,” is available here. Pre-order via this location.
Track List:
01) “Paragon of Purity”
02) “Endless Machine”
03) “Where No Light Shines”
04) “Expect to Fail” (feat. Josh Middleton of Sylosis)
05) “Starve the Fire”
06) “Numinous”
07) “In Nothingness” (feat. Mark Hunter of Chimaira)
08) “Pantheon”
09) “Kingdoms of Sand”
10) “A Path Once Lost”
14) Artist: Accept
Album: Humanoid (Napalm Records)
Release Date: April 26
Key Points: German heavy metal legends Accept have announced Humanoid, their new album, out on April 26, with the first single and video on February 28. Produced by Andy Sneap, the anticipation for the new album comes with an interactive website experience via this location.
Track List: TBA
15) Artist: Erra
Album: Cure (UNFD)
Release Date: April 5
Key Points: Progressive metalcore outfit Erra announced their sixth album, with intricate guitar work and a blend of sung and screamed vocals. Singles thus far: “Pale Iris” and “Cure.” Pre-order available via this location.
Track List:
01) “Cure”
02) “Rumor of Light”
03) “Idle Wild”
04) “Blue Reverie”
05) “Slow Sour Bleed”
06) “Wish”
07) “Glimpse”
08) “Past Life Persona”
09) “Crawl Backwards Out of Heaven”
10) “End to Excess”
11) “Pale Iris”
12) “Wave”
