2008: a mighty thunderbolt is shaking the ground.... the army of immortals is marching once again. ROSS THE BOSS is back! Finally, twenty years after the classic “Kings Of Metal” that he has released with MANOWAR, Ross continues his legacy today with a true metal album that doesn´t deny his past and displays his charismatic style of creating great music. Imagine a basket of first class, stomping, ...

25 years of DESTRUCTION. That means 25 years of classic German thrash metal. 25 years of intelligent lyrics beyond all clichés. 25 years on the road playing for enthusiastic audiences all around the globe. 25 years in the premier division of extreme music. This anniversary calls for a very special present, which DESTRUCTION deliver to their fans and to themselves in the shape of their tenth studio ...

Eisbrecher have reached the finale hot phase of their topically record production. One and a half years after the successful publication from “Antikörper” with the stage hit “Vergissmeinnicht” their next strike will be called “Sünde”: The third Eisbrecher-Album will be released on August, 22! Alexx and Pix promise a sombre-coloured dance of dark-rocking ice-pearls to their fans: ...

The release date of the new Squealer album „The Circle Shuts“ was shifted to September, 2008! According to the first audio samples, “The Circle Shuts” will include a perfect mix of heavy riffing and great melodies. Soon, you can check out some audio samples on www.afm-records.de. With „The Circle Shuts“, Squealer definitely found back to their old strength. In addition to this, the ...

Finally, the the first X-WORLD 5 album “New Universal Order” will be released on May, 30, 2008. X-World 5 is a new band based around the former Hammerfall bass player Magnus Rosen. Besides Magnus, also Pagans Mind vocalist Nils K Rue, the guitar players Andy La Roque (King Diamond) and Reeves Gabrels, as well as drummer Big Swede will be part of this new band. Please check out the first album ...

On May, 16, 2008, the metal compilation „Power And Glory - The Best Power Metal Hymns – Vol. 1” will be released through AFM Records. Besides AFM Bands like Circle II Circle, Axxis, Headhunter and Jon Oliva’s Pain, this sampler will also contain lots of “non AFM bands” like Helloween, Nightwish and Gamma Ray. Here is the tracklist: 01. Nightwish - Bye Bye Beautiful 02. Helloween ...

BLOODLINE – the sixth album by Perzonal War will be released on May, 30th. Both produced and mixed by Martin Buchwalter (www.gernhart.de), the album includes 11 uncompromising songs bearing the typical band trademarks: brutal guitars, compulsive drums and independent, aggressive songs which never-the-less are still melodious. The lads from Siegburg are supported by several highly-qualified guest ...

After the re-release of the first Headhunter records, the new studioalbum of Headhunter will finally be released on May, 23, 2008. The name of the album will be “Parasite of Society” and of course it was recorded by the original Headhunter line up: Schmier - Bass, Vocals; Schmuddel – Guitar and Jörg Michael – Drums. This album displays the charismatic sound that the band is famous for, but ...

The new studio album „Delusions Of Grandeur“ of Circle II Circle will be released on April, 25, 2008. Besides the standard CD, AFM Records will release a limited version including bonus material as well as a limited picture vinyl. The new 4 track single „Every Last Thing“ was already released on March, 28, 2008. The EP includes a non album track as well as a live video clip. ...

With their latest releases the guys from Dezperadoz created a new genre: The Western Metal! Now the third Dezperadoz album “Am Eye For An Eye” will be released on April 11th, 2008. Bandleader Alex Kraft reports: “On the new Dezperadoz album “An Eye For An Eye”, we are telling the story about a man, who was condemned to death, because he killed his friend in the name of the religion (due ...

The new Debauchery album “Continue To Kill” will be released on April, 04, 2008. “Continue To Kill“ is the fifth album from Debauchery and the fantastic follow-up to their successful blood spattered platter “Back In Blood”: more evil, more brutal, much faster. With the dynamic and powerful production of Dennis Ward (Angra, Krokus, Pink Cream 69) leant to a much heavier genre, “Continue ...

The new album of the dänish thrash metallers from Illdisopsed will be released on March, 28. The name of the album will be „The Prestige“ and it will be the first release on AFM Records. In August 2007, the band signed a long-dated contract with AFM records. Now, you can check out their 10th strike on March 28! ...

After the great “Maniacal Renderings” album, the guys around Jon Oliva will put another log on the fire. The new studioalbum “Global Warning“ will be released on March 22. The first audio samples announce another brilliant album of the band, based around the voice of Savatage. If you would like to hear the new material live, you can check out the live show of Jon Oliva’s Pain at the following ...

On March, 07, 2008, we will release something very special for all Fans of Avantasia! Avantasia - “The Metal Opera – Gold Edition” will include the first 2 Avantasia CDs „The Metal Opera Pt1“ and „The Metal Opera Pt.2“. Packaged in a luxury Digibook with golden 2-CDs, 40-sided booklet, linernotes, unrealeased pics and bonus material, this item will be interesting for Avantasia – ...