Valhalla’s calling and the only true heirs of the Vikings, AMON AMARTH, set the sails to conquer whole Europe by storm. Armed with high-grade-material of death metal bombs, the unswerving warriors of the North overrun the countries to destroy your auditory canals. With the sensational success of their current death-metallic piece of precious iron “Twilight Of The Thunder God” chieftain Johan Hegg, whose cold-blooded battle-organ forces you down on your knees, and his barbarians demonstrated how Northern mythology has to sound anno 2009. In the foreground the Swedish fighters unleash tremendous guitars, which are characterized by incisive melodies of the typical Swedish structure, as well as brute drums. A must date for all, who indulge death metal!

Fear the Xecutioner’s Return! After a pretty long time-out, the Florida-legend celebrated its’ comeback with „Frozen In Time“ and finally gave the old-school death metal masses what they were so long waiting for. Now the death-veterans of OBITUARY have their following masterpiece – “Xecutioner’s Return” – with 100 % of killing spree in their bags and stand once again mighty and inexorable in the middle of the scene. The unforgettable charm of their glory days experiences consequently a solid continue by a successful and long awaited cult-revival. Who thinks, that the triumphal procession of OBITUARY ended in the 90ies, is definitely wrong. This US-institution stands up for death metal in all his brute qualities till the bitter end.






The death-metallic thrash-elite from the Netherlands invites to wake the dead. These days this fierce horde punches “Cult Of The Dead”, their new opus, direct in your face – overtopping the rather high piled expectations. Simply doing their own thing, the so-called “Misfits of Thrash” – as Mille of Kreator described the Band properly – change a deadly silent cemetery into a fat metal-arena. Despite of all the occult affectations, there’s still enough place for extremely honest thrash metal, that blows you away!








The men of KEEP OF KALESSIN know how to develop black metal in all its' parts and confute the statement, which says that black metal has to stagnate. They are indulging this controversial metal genre with fresh and reviving elements, without losing anything of the compulsory authenticity. The quartett of mastermind Obsidian C. impresses with sophisticated, high-level-melodies, a touch of progressive thrash and a plenty of style- and mood-changing sounds.