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04-11-2011 >>> NEW BATTLERAGE AND OUTRAGE CDS AND NOMAD SON LP OUT NOW. We're back home since a few days and still with heads full of great memories from the Hammer Of Doom festival last weekend. NOMAD SON gave an amazing show last Friday and showed how dynamic and sometimes uptempo doom can be - but that was not a surprise for us, as it was already the 10th time we saw them on stage! They're a true force to be reckoned with!   NOMAD SON at Hammer Of Doom festival We started selling the vinyl version of NOMAD SON's second album "The Eternal Return", as well as our brand new CD releases: BATTLERAGE "True Metal Victory" and OUTRAGE "Go To Hell" at the festival on October 28th. You can order all of them from our SHOP page as regular or tin-case editions. The albums will be also available as digital downloads from CD Baby, iTunes, Amazon MP3, eMusic and other digital stores starting from next week. NOMAD SON "The Eternal Return" gatefold LP   BATTLERAGE and OUTRAGE Special Tin Case Editions By the way, NOMAD SON "First Light" CD and T-shirts are completely SOLD OUT from our end - and we have ONLY 8 "First Light" LPs left! The CD is still available from some distributors and merchants though, for example from the German mailorders: Metalizer, Hellion Records and Cyclone Empire and from Belgian LSP/Metalzone.Also, we have only 5 copies (out of 20 produced) of OUTRAGE "Go To Hell - Demo(n)s - 1985-1987" tape left, so if you're a REAL die-hard old school metal maniac, hurry up 'cause we won't make any more copies of it! Additionally, we have 8 T-shirts of OUTRAGE "Go To Hell" in stock (they were made by the band) - you can purchase one for 10,00 Euro (sizes M, L and XL are available, but they're quite big for European standard - they're more like American sizes).  OUTRAGE T-shirt  BATTLERAGE banner  OUTRAGE banner  25-10-2011 >>> BATTLERAGE: NEW SONGS POSTED, ALBUM DETAILS AND PRE-ORDER. Chilean heavy metal barbarians BATTLERAGE come back with a brand new studio album, titled "True Metal Victory", their 3rd CD to be released by Metal On Metal Records. It will see the light of day on October 28th, together with OUTRAGE "Go To Hell" CD and NOMAD SON "The Eternal Return" LP. All releases will be available directly from our stand at the Hammer Of Doom festival in Wuerzburg (Germany). Like mentioned before, we won't be able to start shipping orders before November 3rd. Those who know previous albums of BATTLERAGE, will know what to expect (and those who don't, shouldn't have doubts either, even just by looking at the album title): gruff vocals, pummeling drums, thundering bass and killer riffs, as well as some tasteful solos. BATTLERAGE still deliver fist pounding attacks in the vein of GRAVE DIGGER and PARAGON, as well as epic anthems reminiscent of early MANOWAR and OMEN. Epic, raw and honest heavy metal from the most prominent Chilean band playing this style ever since their formation in 2002. You can listen to 2 songs from "True Metal Victory" album from our player: "Warlock's Epitaph" and "My Will Be Done". Additionally, you can check out a 3rd song, titled "Raw Metal" from the band's MySpace page. And here is the track list of "True Metal Victory": 1. Battlepath 2. Return Of The Axeman 3. Blood On Iron 4. Raw Metal 5. Black Sunday (La Maschera Del Demonio) 6. The Serpent Slumbers 7. Stygia 8. My Will Be Done 9. Warlock's Epitaph  BATTLERAGE "True Metal Victory" album cover The cover artwork for "True Metal Victory" was painted by Jowita Kaminska.Until November 3rd you can pre-order BATTLERAGE "True Metal Victory" from our SHOP page. It's available as a regular or special tin-case edition with 2 photos. With this pre-order you will get a download link for "Living Slaughter" live album recorded in 2004 (and released on tape only by Morbillus Records in 2008) as a FREE BONUS!  BATTLERAGE "True Metal Victory" pre-order Don't forget to check out also this promo clip which features a fragment of one of the songs from "True Metal Victory" CD, "Return Of The Axeman" on our Metal On Metal Records' Channel21-10-2011 >>> OUTRAGE: NEW SONGS POSTED, ALBUM DETAILS AND PRE-ORDER. The 6th full-length album of the German black/thrash metal veterans OUTRAGE "Go To Hell" will be available since October 28th, Hammer Of Doom festival in Wuerzburg (Germany), where we'll have a small table space to sell our releases. So if you're there and would like to buy this (or any other of our releases) just come up to our stand! We will begin shipping orders starting from November 3rd though. "Go To Hell" consists of songs written by OUTRAGE in their early days, between 1983 and 1987. This raw, primitive (but not sloppy) old school metal album is a throwback to their roots and was recorded with a lot of the original equipment, effects and techniques they used back then. If you are a fanatic of '80s thrash and first wave of black metal (not the kind of black metal that came later, grim, with blast beats and screechy vocals and especially NOT the symphonic style) and you love bands like VENOM, HELLHAMMER, early CELTIC FROST and SODOM or FLAMES, this album of OUTRAGE is an essential addition to your collection! Here's what Udo "The Bringer of Doom" (band's founder, songwriter and guitarist) said: "Recording those same old songs which I had probably played more than a hundred times was absolutely exciting to me. During the recording there was a strange voice inside my head (I think it was Jowita's voice) saying “play the songs the way they deserve”. So I did. And the more I played them, the better they got... the spark still flies!" We have uploaded 2 songs from "Go To Hell" album: "Refugee To Beyond" and "Infernal Recruit" - you can listen to them from our player. And go to OUTRAGE MySpace page to listen to "Pact Of The Wicked" (especially if you're into early Celtic Frost!). Here is the CD track list: 1. Rigor Mortis 2. Go To Hell 3. Into The Abyss Of Belial 4. Astaroth 5. Perseus Rules 6. Infernal Recruit 7. The Inner Contract 8. Hot On The Trail 9. Slave Trader 10. Pact Of The Wicked 11. Refugee To Beyond 12. Black Metal Attack  OUTRAGE "Go To Hell" album cover OUTRAGE "Go To Hell" album cover was drawn by Jowita Kaminska, based on Lorenzo Maitani's "The Last Judgement" bas-relief from the façade of Orvieto Cathedral (1310-1330). The CD booklet, printed in black and white with metallic silver, contains the full artwork spread over the 2 center pages.To be one of the first to get this CD, you can pre-order OUTRAGE "Go To Hell" from our SHOP page. As always, since our first 2010 releases, you can have it either as a regular or special tin-case edition with 2 photos. With this pre-order, lasting until November 3rd (as we won't be able to ship orders before that date) you'll get a download link for the original demo tracks from the '80s as a FREE BONUS!  OUTRAGE "Go To Hell" pre-order There's also the third option: for the most die-hard fans of the band we have produced a strictly limited to 20 hand-numbered copies compilation tape "Go To Hell - Demo(n)s - 1985-1987". It's available ONLY TOGETHER with the "Go To Hell" CD (for additional 3,00 Euro). The tape contains 10 songs from the band's early demos - the same songs (except for "Astaroth" and "The Inner Contract") that were now re-recorded for the album. OUTRAGE "Go To Hell - Demo(n)s - 1985-1987" tape Finally, check out this short promo clip we've prepared for the album - it features a fragment of "Black Metal Attack" song.OUTRAGE will launch "Go To Hell" album live on October 28th in Pforzheim ("Kupferdächle" club). 18-09-2011 >>> NOMAD SON AT HAMMER OF DOOM FESTIVAL AND "THE ETERNAL RETURN" ON VINYL. We're thrilled to announce that NOMAD SON jumped on one of the biggest doom metal festival's billing, HAMMER OF DOOM that takes place in Wuerzburg, Germany. They will play on Saturday, October 29th, together with Forsaken, Lord Vicar, Yet So Far, The 11th Hour, Orchid, Devil, Serpent Venom and Blood Ceremony. The day before is the "Epic Night" with Manilla Road, Doomsword, Battleroar and Mountain Throne. Definitely a festival worth traveling to - and we'll be there again of course, with our "stand of doom"!  Hammer Of Doom VI flyer For this occasion a vinyl edition of "The Eternal Return" (originally released on CD in July 2010) will be out. Once again we've joined forces with Emanes Metal Records from France to bring this great slab of heavy molten doom on the holy vinyl. The gatefold LP layout will contain plenty of photos: live and with the band's friends and fans! NOMAD SON "The Eternal Return" vinyl version 08-08-2011 >>> MELIAH RAGE "DEAD TO THE WORLD" AND BITTER END "HAVE A NICE DEATH!" CDS AVAILABLE NOW. We're back from Germany, but still not back home. We've got with us our latest releases though, which we picked up from our German pressing plant. MELIAH RAGE "Dead To The World" and BITTER END "Have A Nice Death!" CDs have been available since July 28th (Headbangers Open Air festival). The 7th studio full-length of the Power/Thrash Metal veterans from Boston, MELIAH RAGE, is a hook-filled album with great melodic lines and crunchy riffs, played by seasoned musicians delivering their goods with confidence. Not as thrashy as their early stuff, but more mellow and classic US Metal oriented, with some of the darkest lyrics courtesy of Paul Souza. Still most comparable to METALLICA, METAL CHURCH, WARGASM and XENTRIX.  MELIAH RAGE banner After 19 years the "lost" 2nd album of these technical Thrashers from Seattle, BITTER END (1991/1992 sessions) finally sees the light of day - with "Meet Your Maker" 1988 demo and 4 live tracks as bonus! Brilliant, inspired songs with attitude and clever lyrics, driven by usually upbeat, but clean and perfectly flowing riffs and adorned with virtuosic solos. A must have for fans of MEGADETH, FORCED ENTRY, ATROPHY, DEATH ANGEL and HEATHEN! BITTER END banner Both titles have been available form our SHOP page since the beginning of July (until now as pre-orders with free bonus stuff). As always, besides the standard editions, you can purchase the tin case editions of both albums.  MELIAH RAGE and BITTER END Special Tin Case Editions For those who don't collect CDs: both new releases are already available through CD Baby digital distribution. For American fans: physical copies should be available through CD Baby any day now (and through Century Media Distro later on). Don't forget that you can also buy the CDs directly from the bands - they should have them within a month or so.30-06-2011 >>> MELIAH RAGE: NEW SONGS POSTED, ALBUM DETAILS AND PRE-ORDER, DIGITAL SINGLE AND OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL. The 7th full-length studio album (or 8th if you count also "Unfinished Business" CD) of the US power/thrash metal veterans MELIAH RAGE "Dead To The World" will be available since July 28th, just like the new CD of BITTER END (see the news below for details). For now you can listen to 2 songs from "Dead To The World" album: "Where Nothing Ever Grows" and "Up In Flames" from our player. Here's the complete track list: 1. Up In Flames 2. Valley Of The Shadowless Souls 3. Skin And Bones 4. Absolute Obedience 5. Where Nothing Ever Grows 6. Never From Me 7. Cold Cruel Fate 8. Time Won't Let Me Breathe 9. Awaken Sorrow  MELIAH RAGE "Dead To The World" album cover by Jowita Kaminska To be one of the first to get this CD, you can pre-order MELIAH RAGE "Dead To The World" from our SHOP page. You can have either it as a regular or special tin-case edition with 2 photos. With this pre-order, you'll get a download link for one unreleased song from 2003 sessions as a FREE BONUS!But before you can have the album on CD (or as mp3s, because it will be available for downloading as well), you can buy digital single "Cold Cruel Fate". It's available from CD Baby, iTunes, Amazon MP3, eMusic and other digital stores. Check out this short promo clip we've prepared for the album and the single on our Metal On Metal Records's Channel You can check many more promo and live clips of bands from our roster if you go to our new YouTube channel and then click on "Playlists". We have taken our time to choose "best of" for each band that had some decent material uploaded by various users on YouTube, so that you can watch selections of the songs of almost every MOMR band easily, without wasting your time searching for them on YouTube and stumbling upon sub-par quality material (of course most of the live clips are fan-filmed, so the quality is not professional, but in the chosen clips at least watchable and listenable).  MELIAH RAGE "Dead To The World" pre-order 30-06-2011 >>> BITTER END: NEW SONGS POSTED, ALBUM DETAILS AND PRE-ORDER, DIGITAL SINGLE AND... REUNION! The old/new album of the Seattle based technical thrashers BITTER END "Have A Nice Death!" is being manufactured now and will be available since July 28th (Headbangers Open Air festival). Meanwhile we've got a bunch of news... First of all: the reunion! In the last line-up, known from "Harsh Realities" album, the line-up that also recorded the 2nd and shelved until now album. Says guitarist Russ Stefanovich: "At present, we are excited to be rehearsing as a band as of next week. We are preparing to a local release party/show with details developing to coincide with US shipment of the new CD, a possible slot on the Warriors of Metal festival in Ohio 2k12, and making ourselves available to perform as demand dictates. We are confident that metal fans will enjoy this release, and if we can bring them the live show, we are excited to do so." We uploaded 2 songs from "Have A Nice Death!" CD: "Tiny Minds" and "Tunnel Vision" - check them out from our player! Here's the complete track list: 1. Tiny Minds 2. Right To Lie 3. Burning Bridges 4. No Law 5. Sludge 6. Tunnel Vision 7. Meet Your Maker (demo bonus track) 8. Save Us (demo bonus track) 9. Beat The System (demo bonus track) 10. Living Hell (demo bonus track) 11. Right To Lie (live bonus track) 12. Profits Of Doom (live bonus track) 13. Tiny Minds (live bonus track) 14. No Law (live bonus track) Songs 1-6 are from the 1991/1992 studio sessions. Tracks 7-10 are the "Meet Your Maker" demo from 1988, digitized from the original reels. And the last 4 songs are live cuts from a 1990 show in Seattle, WA.  BITTER END "Have A Nice Death!" album cover Before you can have the album on CD (or as mp3s, because it will be also available for downloading), you can buy digital single "Burning Bridges". It's available from CD Baby, iTunes, Amazon MP3, eMusic and other digital stores. Check out this short promo clip we've prepared for the album and the single.Last but not least: you can already pre-order BITTER END "Have A Nice Death!" CD from our SHOP page - as a regular and special tin-case (DVD format) edition with 2 photos. And everybody who pre-orders this technical thrash metal gem will get a download link for the complete and mastered live recording from 1990 (11 songs, approx. 54 min.) as a FREE BONUS!  BITTER END "Have A Nice Death!" pre-order 09-05-2011 >>> NEW MOMR T-SHIRT, "COMPENDIUM OF METAL VOL. 4" AND RELEASE PLAN. Finally we've produced new Metal On Metal T-shirts! The design is made by Jowita, on the front, except for the drawing, it has a quote from ANVIL lyrics ("Metal on Metal / it's the only way / to hell with tomorrow / let's live for today!"), used with permission from Lips himself. And on the back, except for all MOMR bands' logos - inscription "Old School Metal or no Metal at all!". You can get yourself one for 6,00 Euro only (plus shipping: Europe: 4,50 Euro; outside of Europe: 7,00 Euro). If you buy the T-shirt, you can have 1 regular CD from our catalogue with 2 Euro discount, so it means for 10 Euro. And in the case of the "Compendium Of Metal" compilations (12 pages booklets, some exclusive songs' versions...): - 4 Euro for the 2011 "Compendium Of Metal Vol. 4", - 3 Euro for the 2010 "Compendium Of Metal Vol. 3", - 2 Euro for the 2009 "Compendium Of Metal Vol. 2". And we can add the very first compilation from 2008 for free.  METAL ON METAL T-shirt "Compendium Of Metal Vol. 4" CD is also out and has 1 exclusive song (by MORTALICUM - please see the trailer on YouTube), that will not be re-recorded and published on any other album, as well as 1 previously unreleased song of BITTER END (from 1991), 1 yet unreleased elsewhere version of a MELIAH RAGE song and 2 demo versions of songs that will appear on our October releases (by FRANKENSHRED and OUTRAGE). Here's the complete tracklist:
1. HEATHENDOM "An Angel, A Demon And A Dying God" (from “The Symbolist” CD, 2011) 2. WISHDOOM "Up The Hammers" (from “Helepolis” CD, 2011) 3. CATCH 22 "Power Revolution Mad" (from “Monumetal” CD, 2011) 4. MELIAH RAGE "Invincible" (from "Barely Human Remix" CD, previously unreleased 2010 version) 5. BITTER END "No Law" (previously unreleased track from 1991) 6. FRANKENSHRED "Metal Nation" (previously unreleased track, pre-final mix) 7. BATTLERAGE "The Devil's Wings Bring Fire From Hell" (from “Blood, Fire, Steel” CD, 2009) 8. OUTRAGE "Rigor Mortis" (from “A Mute Reminder” CD, 2005) 9. MORTALICUM "Black Flame (The Sinister Priest)" (EXCLUSIVE track, 2011) 10. RAGENHEART "Child Of Rage" (from “Ragenheart” CD, 2010) 11. NOMAD SON "Winds Of Golgotha" (from "The Eternal Return" CD, 2010) 12. SKELATOR "For Death And Glory" (from "Death To All Nations" CD, 2010) 13. FALLEN ANGELS "Legacy Of Pain" (from “Engines Of Oppression” CD, 2010) The compilation CD, released as always with an informative booklet, costs 6,00 Euro, but you can have it discounted, if you order the T-shirt or other CDs from our catalogue.  "Compendium Of Metal Vol. 4" compilation CD We had them already at the KEEP IT TRUE festival the previous weekend, but now we've finally added these products to the SHOP page.4 CDs including the compilation are already out this year, so here's the release plan for the rest of 2011: July 28th 2011 (HEADBANGERS OPEN AIR festival): • MELIAH RAGE "Dead To The World" (Power/Thrash Metal, USA) CD • BITTER END "Have A Nice Death!" (Technical Thrash Metal, USA) CD October 28th 2011 (HAMMER OF DOOM festival): • FRANKENSHRED "Electric Axe Attack" (Traditional/Speed Metal, USA) CD • BATTLERAGE "True Metal Victory" (True Heavy Metal, Chile) CD • OUTRAGE "Go To Hell" (Old School Black/Thrash Metal, Germany) CD • NOMAD SON "The Eternal Return" (Traditional Doom Metal, Malta) LP 28-04-2011 >>> OUTRAGE JOINS METAL ON METAL ROSTER! Our latest signing is also the oldest band on our roster. And definitely not for those who like their metal nice, melodic and with polished production. Formed in 1983 in Germany, OUTRAGE belonged to the first wave of black metal (even though black/thrash with some elements of doom and death metal would be a more accurate description of their style) - their 4 demos from the '80s were influenced by Hellhammer, Venom, Celtic Frost, Sodom and Possessed. Peers of the big 3 of the German thrash, they never "made it", instead dwelling in the underground, shrouded in obscurity, while their name was passed on by the word-of-mouth along with awfully recorded (and yet so great!) demo tapes (I happened to have one of them, "From Nightmares And Myths" from '86 since the late '80s and it's been one of the favourite demos in my collection). The band split in 1988... to return in 2004 and self-release 6 CDs. Now, back with the original vocalist Frank P. "The Voice Of Hell", they decided to re-record some of their early songs, going back to their roots.  OUTRAGE 2010 Here's what Udo F., the founder, songwriter and guitarist of the band had to say about the start of our co-operation:“It was on the 13th of December 2010, on the 283rd band rehearsal since our reunion in 2004, when we decided to call it quits and play our last concert on the 26th of February 2011. On the 5th of February 2011 I got an e-mail from Italy... Jowita was her name and she was writing to order all OUTRAGE stuff... What shall I say? She was also from a label, Metal On Metal Records... What started as a “fan-band” contact quickly developed into a “label-band” relationship. What a perfect timing, as we were planning to play our final show! What a great luck... it's incredible!" It was a great timing indeed and I'm personally very happy I had finally contacted the band. After receiving the ordered CDs (the complete OUTRAGE discography) and marathon-like listening to them for days (and heavily overdosing on them ever since), we had no doubts we want this band on our roster.  OUTRAGE 1985 We will release their new CD "Go To Hell" in October this year. Meanwhile, head on to the OUTRAGE page on our website to read the history of the band and, if you had never heard them, go to their MySpace page: www.myspace.com/outragepforzheim to listen to several songs taken from their post-reformation CDs (some of them are however written still in the '80s).26-04-2011 >>> BITTER END JOINS METAL ON METAL ROSTER! We are happy to announce the second signing this year... This band was formed in 1985 in Seattle, WA... This makes the 4th Seattle-based band on our roster, but there's a connection indeed: Russ from MIDNIGHT IDÖLS used to play guitar in a technical thrash band BITTER END that released their debut (and only full-length) "Harsh Realities" in 1990 through Metal Blade. Russ mentioned to us the unreleased material they had recorded in 1991/92 just before the band split up. Well, we're still first and foremost pro supporting active bands, but those unreleased songs are just brilliant (better than their debut in our opinion!), so we decided to release what was recorded for their 2nd album (plus "Meet Your Maker" 1988 demo and few live tracks as a bonus), under the title "Have A Nice Death!". We thought it would be a shame for people to never get to hear those songs. What helped us in making this decision was of course the "Russ-connection" and the fact that all BITTER END members are still active as musicians and declared that they could give interviews and play some one off shows if the demand is big enough.  BITTER END 1992 Here's what Chris Fox, the band's bass player said:"When Bitter End broke up in the Summer of 1992, the members of the band never could have imagined that another release was in the cards. Nor that it would be almost 20 years coming! But now, thanks to the dogged efforts of Jowita and the Simone at Metal On Metal Records, Bitter End's unreleased last six songs will at last be commercially available, under the title "Have A Nice Death!" Audiences will get a chance to hear with fresh ears the thrash metal sounds that were coming together even as Seattle's non-metal music scene was breaking through to a global audience. The members of Bitter End - Matt, Chris, Russ and Harry - are very grateful to Metal On Metal for this release, which they hope will help to remind metal fans around the world of Seattle's importance in the history of metal music." BITTER END "Have A Nice Death!" CD will be released in July this year, together with the new album of MELIAH RAGE. For the moment feel free to go to the BITTER END page on our website to read the band's biography and check some old photos.  BITTER END 1988 You can also listen to one of the unreleased tracks, "Tiny Minds" from the band's MySpace page: www.myspace.com/bitterendmetal. Another previously unreleased BITTER END song, "No Law" is available on our new compilation CD "Compendium Of Metal Vol. 4", which will be out this weekend at the Keep It True festival (we'll post the news with the complete tracklist after coming back home from Germany).21-04-2011 >>> MELIAH RAGE JOINS METAL ON METAL ROSTER! We are stoked to announce that MELIAH RAGE has joined our roster! They're currently finishing the work on their 7th studio album entitled "Dead To The World". We will release it in July, just in time for the band's first in 21 years visit in Europe (MELIAH RAGE will play at the Headbangers Open Air festival in Germany on July 29th). Here's what Anthony Nichols, the band's founder, songwriter and guitarist had to say about it: "MELIAH RAGE is pleased to announce our recent signing with Italy's own METAL ON METAL RECORDS. We look forward to working with Jowita and Simone, who have already proven to be not only die-hard metal fans themselves, but true professionals. Our new record "Dead To The World" is set to hit the streets this summer, and features the return of Paul Souza to the fold on vocals."  MELIAH RAGE 2010 These US power/thrash veterans (the band started out in 1987 in Boston, MA) probably don't need much introduction, as every self-respecting metalhead knows them, but we encourage you to check the MELIAH RAGE page on our website, where you can read a very detailed biography and watch some photos from the band's archivesWe've also posted here the video clip that the band filmed in December 2010. "Halo Of Flies", originally from the classic ALICE COOPER's "Killer" album, is the first ever cover song recorded by MELIAH RAGE and it's going to be added as a bonus to the remixed version of their 2004 album, which will be entitled "Barely Human Remix" and released soon through Screaming Ferret Wreckords/Metrocity Records.  MELIAH RAGE 1988 Two more bands that we have just signed (both from the '80s too) will be announced early next week, so keep your eyes peeled!18-03-2011 >>> WISHDOOM "HELEPOLIS" AND CATCH 22 "MONUMETAL" CDS AVAILABLE NOW. We're back from Athens and catching up with work now. Both WISHDOOM "Helepolis" and CATCH 22 "Monumetal" CDs were out last Friday, March 11th at the Up The Hammers festival, where WISHDOOM played a great gig! We also had a chance to see HEATHENDOM live on Sunday, March 13th and we can say that they've definitely refined their live show since 2008 when we saw their gig in Athens.   WISHDOOM and CATCH 22 banners  February-March 2011 releases header We've updated our shop with the new releases, so head on to the SHOP page if you crave for some real metal! Apart from the standard editions, you can purchase the tin case editions of both albums and also get CATCH 22 "Monumetal" in bundle with "Soulreaper: Evilution/Devilution" DCD for only 20 Euro (yes, it means you practically get 3 CDs for this price!).  WISHDOOM and CATCH 22 Special Tin Case Editions And for those who don't collect CDs: both new releases will be available through CD Baby digital distribution very soon too.07-02-2011 >>> HEATHENDOM "THE SYMBOLIST" CD AND VIDEO CLIP RELEASED. After the long wait, the new HEATHENDOM studio album "The Symbolist" is out! You can get the new masterpiece of this Greek dark power metal band as a regular CD, a special tin case edition or in a bundle with the previous releases: "Nescience" (2010 Edition) CD and/or "Heathendom" LP. Check out the offers in our SHOP!  HEATHENDOM "The Symbolist" Special Tin Case Edition The album will be also available for digital download very soon directly from CD Baby and the authorized retailers CD Baby distributes to, that is: iTunes, Amazon MP3 and Emusic (plus several mostly streaming services like Napster, Spotify and Rhapsody). Please note that any other sites selling digital downloads of our releases are doing it ILLEGALLY, no matter what they write (in other words: if you buy from them, you'd be putting money directly to the thieves' pockets). HEATHENDOM "The Symbolist" banner The video clip for the title track, that we mentioned in older news, is also up now on YouTube.HEATHENDOM was recently interviewed last weekend for EVOLUTION ROCK Metal Podcast (www.myspace.com/evolution_rock). You can listen to the episode streaming or download it from: http://evolutionrock.podomatic.com The band will officially launch their new album live on March 13th in Athens. The show will take place in "7 Sins" club (ex-"Sin City"), with Disharmony, Solid Faith and X-piral as the support acts. Unfortunately we have bad news too: earlier in January the Italian Post decided to raise the prices in an outrageous way (in some cases they're twice as high now!), so from now on we are forced to charge more for the shipping. However we decided to keep all already existing "1-click" prices (that is: prices for items including the shipping) listed in our shop the same.  New outrageous shipping costs 31-01-2011 >>> WISHDOOM AND CATCH 22: NEW SONGS AND COVER ARTS. In a week from now the new album of HEATHENDOM "The Symbolist" will be out, but meanwhile we've got news about the forthcoming releases, both delayed from 2010 because of rescheduled recording sessions of the bands. WISHDOOM "Helepolis" will be the Greek band's full-length debut, but it doesn't sound like a debut at all. They've crafted mature, complex but consistent songs with crushing riffage, stomping rhythms and mighty, deep and manly vocals. Their battle hymns are mostly mid-paced, blending epic heavy metal and some doom metal overtones, with themes that evoke the glory of ancient battles and myths. The cover art for this release was painted by Dimitar Nikolov (www.dimitarnikolov.com). "Helepolis" will shake the earth on March 11th 2011, the date which will also mark the band's live appearance at the Up The Hammers festival VI in Athens.  WISHDOOM "Helepolis" album cover At the same time the 5th full-length album of CATCH 22 "Monumetal" will be released. The band led by the guitarist/vocalist T.J. Berry has forged its own personal style of US power/thrash metal, not sounding like any other band, yet being heavily rooted in the '80s and '90s tradition. "Monumetal" is a very personal album with lots of passion emanating from the songs, but also with quite raw production, therefore it will be released through the RAW Metal division of Metal On Metal Records. The cover art for this CD was painted by Jowita Kaminska (www.jowita-kaminska.com). CATCH 22 "Monumetal" album cover You can already listen to 2 songs of both bands from our player: WISHDOOM "Helepolis" and "Guardians Of Steel" and CATCH 22 "...And The Fire Still Burns" and "Catch 22".26-12-2010 >>> DISTRIBUTION IN UK AND HEATHENDOM "THE SYMBOLIST" PRE-ORDER. We are pleased to announce that we have signed a distribution deal with CODE 7. Starting with our next release (HEATHENDOM "The Symbolist") our CDs will be available in UK in HMV chain stores as well as the biggest online stores like Amazon.co.uk and Play.com. All CDs distributed by CODE 7 are actually distributed via Plastic Head Distribution both in UK and overseas using the PHD export hub.  Code 7 distribution Starting the co-operation with the UK distributor was the main reason why we had to postpone the release of HEATHENDOM "The Symbolist" even further. But finally we can say it will be out on February 7th 2011.We've also decided to do our first pre-order. From now on until January 31st you can pre-order HEATHENDOM "The Symbolist" to ensure you will be one of the first to get it and, as a bonus, not to pay for the shipping, no matter where you are in the world! Just go to our SHOP page to send 12 Euro using PayPal and the CD will be on the way to you a few days before its release date!  HEATHENDOM "The Symbolist" pre-order 03-12-2010 >>> 4 MOMR BANDS FEATURED ON "TALES OF DOOM" COMPILATION CD. We're pleased to tell you that songs of 4 of our bands have been featured on the compilation CD that came together with the latest (number 20, October-November) issue of the Polish leading metal magazine HARD ROCKER (www.hardrocker.pl) with the circulation of 10.000 copies. This compilation, entitled "Tales Of Doom", includes 11 songs of up and coming as well as legendary doom metal acts and presents a really interesting spectrum of bands playing various styles of doom metal. NOMAD SON is featured with "The Vigil", HEATHENDOM with "Sanctified" (from the upcoming "The Symbolist" album), MORTALICUM with "Into The Night" and SESTA MARCONI with "Skeletons Party", alongside with songs of Pentagram, Death Row, The Black, Abysmal Grief, Blackland, Angel Of Damnation and Sorrows Path. The front and back cover photos were taken by Jowita Kaminska and the great as always layout done by Michal Oracz.  "Tales Of Doom" compilation in Hard Rocker 20 (Poland), October-November 2010 28-10-2010 >>> HEATHENDOM AND CATCH 22 RELEASES POSTPONED. HEATHENDOM WORKING ON A VIDEO CLIP.We had to postpone the release of HEATHENDOM "The Symbolist" and CATCH 22 "Monumetal". HEATHENDOM's new album will be released later in November, but CATCH 22 is moved to 2011 and will be one of our first releases next year. Meanwhile we've added to our player 2 songs from the new HEATHENDOM album: "Black Euphoria" and "Sanctified". Check them out as well as another song, "Endistancement By The Null Position", which the band added to their MySpace page player (www.myspace.com/heathendom). The band has also recently launched their new website at www.heathendom.gr.  HEATHENDOM promo photo For the moment you can purchase the title song from the album "The Symbolist" from CDBaby (www.cdbaby.com/cd/heathendom2), iTunes, Amazon MP3 and other digital stores. And also watch the cool trailer that was created by the band's guitarists, Michail Vlavianos and Lefteris Vourliotis on YouTube.Last weekend HEATHENDOM filmed their first professional video clip for "The Symbolist" song. The clip is being edited now... get ready to have your senses assaulted soon!  HEATHENDOM video screenshot 06-10-2010 >>> HEATHENDOM NEW SINGLE AND "THE SYMBOLIST" COVER ART. METAL ON METAL RECORDS SPECIAL PART 3 ON EVOLUTION ROCK PODCAST. The last CDs for this year, HEATHENDOM "The Symbolist" and CATCH 22 "Monumetal" will be released on October 23rd. Unfortunately the new album of WISHDOOM "Helepolis", originally scheduled for October release as well, had to be pushed to early 2011, because the band could not complete the album in time due to the obligatory military service of the band's leader George. Meanwhile we've decided to release the 1st digital single and chose for this the title song from HEATHENDOM's album "The Symbolist", which represents the band's style in a perfect way. You can buy it for only 0,99 USD from CD Baby. The single is also available from Apple iTunes, Amazon MP3, Napster and other digital music retailers. You can listen to a preview of the song from our player and here's the cover art for the single:  HEATHENDOM "The Symbolist" single cover And here's "The Symbolist" album cover art, designed by Michail Vlavianos, the band's guitarist: HEATHENDOM "The Symbolist" album cover "The Symbolist", the 2nd full length album of HEATHENDOM, shows the band evolving their style. It could be best described as dark, intense and haunting power metal (and power metal of US and Scandinavian character). They shed some doom elements in favor of technical thrash elements and delved even further into the horror movie soundtrack territories, incorporating classical instrumentation into their intricate, multi-layered arrangements. Perfect production boosts this unique metal gem, highlighting every single instrument. We'll add new HEATHENDOM and CATCH 22 songs to the player here and on our MySpace page next week.Meanwhile, if you tune in to EVOLUTION ROCK Metal Podcast (www.myspace.com/evolution_rock) this Saturday, October 9th, you will hear 2 or more of the brand new songs that will not be available online anywhere else until later next week. This podcast episode will be the part 3 of Metal On Metal Records special and will also feature interview with Jowita (the label owner) and with SKELATOR, as well as more music from MOMR bands! Not only that, but you'll get the chance to win a CD of your choice from our catalogue if you answer one of the questions you'll hear on this episode!  EVOLUTION ROCK: Metal On Metal Special 3 01-09-2010 >>> SHOP UPDATED AND FIRST DIGIMETAL RELEASES. We're finally back home after over a month of traveling and back in full gear! We didn't announce it earlier as we didn't have many CDs with us, but meanwhile we updated our shop with all new releases and special offers. NOMAD SON "The Eternal Return", FALLEN ANGELS "Engines Of Oppression", SKELATOR "Death To All Nations" and HEATHENDOM "Nescience" (2010 Edition), with "Haunted In Hell" song as a bonus track, are available as regular and Special Tin Case editions (with 2 exclusive photos).  NOMAD SON "The Eternal Return" Special Tin Case Edition  NOMAD SON banner  FALLEN ANGELS "Engines Of Oppression" Special Tin Case Edition  FALLEN ANGELS banner  SKELATOR "Death To All Nations" Special Tin Case Edition  SKELATOR banner  HEATHENDOM "Nescience" (2010 Edition) Special Tin Case Edition  HEATHENDOM banner Additionally to that HEATHENDOM "Nescience" (2010 Edition) comes also as very limited (50 copies only!) Die-hard Fan Box edition: a cardboard box containing the CD, one exclusive photo and a T-shirt. The T-shirt is available in S, M, L, XL and XXL sizes, but we have last copies of the smallest and the largest ones, so if you want it, hurry up! This T-shirt ("The Dolls House" design by Jowita Kaminska) is available ONLY as a part of the Die-hard Fan Box edition and will not be reprinted. HEATHENDOM "Nescience" (2010 Edition) Die-hard Fan Box Check our shop also for special bundle offers - you can get the new CDs cheaper if you buy them with the previous albums of the bands or with LP (in case of HEATHENDOM). DigiMetal 
  FRANKENSHRED "Into The Lab Vol. 1: Frankenshred" banner  FRANKENSHRED "Into The Lab Vol. 2: Evil Shred banner"  July 2010 releases header 14-07-2010 >>> NOMAD SON, FALLEN ANGELS AND SKELATOR - NEW ALBUMS. HEATHENDOM AND FRANKENSHRED - REISSUES. Our new releases are on the way and will be available at Bang Your Head festival (www.bang-your-head.de) to which we are going this weekend! We'll start shipping orders next week though. This time we have 4 CD releases together: 3 brand new studio albums and 1 reissue of our 2008 release... Here's the info, cover arts and new songs in the player! The Maltese doomsters from NOMAD SON come back (exactly 2 years after their highly acclaimed debut was released) with the sophomore album, "The Eternal Return", that will certainly further consolidate their reputation as one of the strongest and heaviest traditional doom metal bands in today's scene. Succumb to the ominous and crushing sounds of "Guilty As Sin" and "Sigma Draconis"!  NOMAD SON "The Eternal Return"  FALLEN ANGELS "Engines Of Oppression"  SKELATOR "Death To All Nations"  HEATHENDOM "Nescience" (2001 Edition) DigiMetal FRANKENSHRED "Frankenshred" (1997) and "Evil Shred" (2000), now preceded by "Into The Lab" Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 titles, are nothing like that. Well, of course you'll find plenty of shredding guitars there, but also great bass lines and powerful drums. Not a single fake thing, but genuine and fun music by highly skilled musicians that can be enjoyed also by non-musicians. Not only that, but they are METAL (rooted in traditional US metal, speed and thrash), contrary to many shredders' albums. So these are the reasons we like them so much and decided to make them available again. Meanwhile check out "The Formula" and "Evil Shred Part 2" from our player!  FRANKENSHRED "Into The Lab Vol. 1: Frankenshred"  FRANKENSHRED "Into The Lab Vol. 2: Evil Shred" 11-07-2010 >>> MOMR SPECIAL ON EVOLUTION ROCK METAL PODCAST AND RADIO INTERVIEWS. One of the greatest supporters of our label and bands, Lord Malignus, prepared part 2 of the Metal On Metal Special! This episode of his EVOLUTION ROCK Metal Podcast (www.myspace.com/evolution_rock) features some exclusive stuff, like yet unreleased songs and an interview with Jowita (that is half of our company). You can listen to the show and download it from http://evolutionrock.podomatic.com.  EVOLUTION ROCK: Metal On Metal Special 2 You can still listen to the part 1 of the Metal On Metal Special (and download it) from http://evolutionrock.podomatic.com (that episode was out on May 1st). EVOLUTION ROCK: Metal On Metal Special 1 Lord Malignus already plans Metal On Metal Special part 3 episode, so stay tuned for more info in about a month!We'd like to thank also US based DARKMOON RADIO (www.darkmoonradio.net, www.myspace.com/darkmoonradio) that played 48 (!) songs of our bands on the 5th, 6th and 7th of July shows! And those who missed the interview with Erik Hansen of FALLEN ANGELS on HEAVY METAL MAYHEM Radio show (www.myspace.com/heavymetalmayhemradioshow), June 13th, can still listen to it here: http://www.blogtalkradio.com. The interview starts at 00:26:25 marker. To listen to the entertaining and somewhat crazy interview with Dr. Frankenshred that was live and broadcasted on THE CRAWLSPACE show (www.myspace.com/radiotombstone) on April 14th, head on to FRANKENSHRED MySpace page. The interview is uploaded in the player, so go there and check it out! 19-05-2010 >>> METAL ON METAL BANDS SONGS FEATURED ON COMPILATIONS. We're pleased to let you know that several songs of our recording artists have been lately featured on compilations. MORTALICUM "Progress Of Doom" (from the just released debut album of the same title) and WISHDOOM "My Wish, Your Doom" (from the band's 2009 EP "Winds Of War") are featured among 10 other bands on the last "DOOM METAL ALLIANCE Sampler Volume 12". You can download it for free from this location: www.divshare.com. In the past NOMAD SON and SESTA MARCONI songs were featured on other DMA samplers. Ed Barnard, the man behind DOOM METAL ALLIANCE, is known in the doom metal scene for his huge dedication shown in an incredible amount of indepth reviews and interviews he's responsible for. You can read all of them on his website: www.doommantia.com and visit his MySpace pages: www.myspace.com/doommetalunion and www.myspace.com/earthdogpromotions.  DOOM METAL ALLIANCE Sampler Volume 12 WISHDOOM was also chosen with their song "Guardians Of Steel" for the "Monuments Of Steel II" compilation that came together with the current (number 17, April-May) issue of the Polish leading metal magazine HARD ROCKER (www.hardrocker.pl) with the circulation of 10.000 copies. The CD includes 15 songs of bands playing various styles of traditional metal. Monuments Of Steel II On the first part of "Monuments Of Steel" compilation (that came together with December-January issue number 15 of HARD ROCKER magazine) a song of FRANKENSHRED "Raise Your Fist" was featured along 14 other tracks. Bart Gabriel, the magazine's founder and editor in chief, is well known for his unrelenting support for the true metal scene. Last year a compilation album of CATCH 22 featuring 14 songs was released together with HARD ROCKER magazine number 14 (October-November) Monuments Of Steel 30-04-2010 >>> MORTALICUM, RAGENHEART AND HEATHENDOM ALBUMS OUT NOW! We're catching up with work after the travel, but all April releases were out according to the plan: last weekend at the KEEP IT TRUE festival (www.keep-it-true.de), which was awesome in spite of the mess caused by the volcanic ash and a few cancellations (replacement bands were even better! Omen, Emerald from Holland and Warrant from Germany ruled!). From now on you can order all the new releases (CDs, LPs and T-shirts) from our SHOP page. • "Compendium Of Metal Vol. 3" CD. Except for a selection of songs from the albums we've released, this compilation contains a few previously unreleased tracks: NOMAD SON "Empyrean Fade" (2009 live version), FALLEN ANGELS "The Gates Of Irony" (2010 rough mix), SKELATOR "Birth Of Steel" (2010 demo) and HEATHENDOM "Endistancement By The Null Position" (2010 rough mix), as well as WISHDOOM "Guardians Of Steel" (2009 EP version, self-released) and an excerpt from FRANKENSHRED's "Evil Shred Part 3" as a bonus track (taken from the 2000 "Evil Shred" album, which we'll soon re-release digitally). This CD comes with an 8-page booklet full of info and photos and costs only 6 Euro (that for 74 minutes of brain-melting metal!)! And if you still don't have the 2009 compilation ("Compendium Of Metal Vol. 2"), you can get both CDs together for 7 Euro only!  VV.AA. "Compendium Of Metal Vol. 3" back cover  MORTALICUM, RAGENHEART, HEATHENDOM, COMPENDIUM OF METAL VOL. 3 header • MORTALICUM "Progress Of Doom" CD. This doom-rocking debut album has a raw and genuine sound to it and should make many heads bang 'cause their music ranges from slow to up-tempo, high-energy metal with really catchy grooves! If you're into '70s and '80s flavoured doomy heavy metal, this one's for you! We've made it available also as a special "collectors' edition": in a tin-case, which contains the booklet and the inlay card from the regular edition and additionally 2 exclusive photos! It costs 15 Euro (that is 3 Euro more than the standard edition). MORTALICUM Special Tin Case Edition  MORTALICUM banner • RAGENHEART "Ragenheart" CD. The music on this debut is intense and versatile, with a usually dark and epic mood, full of remarkable melodies, superb performance by every musician, including the outstanding singer, and topped with solid production. Fans of heavy/power with some prog metal and hard rock touches will not want to miss it! Also this CD is available as the limited tin-case edition with 2 exclusive photos. RAGENHEART Special Tin Case Edition  RAGENHEART banner • HEATHENDOM "Heathendom" LP. As mentioned before: this is (and will be) a VINYL only release. Songs on side A (1-5) are taken from the highly acclaimed and sought-after 2005 demo, while the song on side B ("Haunted In Hell") consists of 2 parts: "Chapter I: Haunted Within" (newly re-recorded song from the demo) and "Chapter II: Hell Within" (from "Nescience" debut CD), finally brought together and served as an almost 20-minutes insane suite that can send shivers down your spine and make you leave the light on in the room for the night... This is an early power/doom metal gem, a must for all HEATHENDOM fans who are also vinyl collectors!We've added "A Poem By Rote" and an excerpt from "Haunted In Hell" to our player. Additionally, check out the promo video clip edited my Michail Vlavianos, guitarist of HEATHENDOM. It's up right below the music player!  HEATHENDOM vinyl  HEATHENDOM banner • NOMAD SON T-shirt. After the DOOM SHALL RISE and KEEP IT TRUE festivals we've got only 17 T-shirts left (in S, M, L and XL sizes), so hurry up if you want one! You can have it for 15 Euro plus shipping. All items have been added to our SHOP page - don't forget to check out the special bundle offers to save up some cash! NOMAD SON T-Shirt in action! 20-04-2010 >>> 2010 RELEASE SCHEDULE. We're getting ready for the KEEP IT TRUE festival (www.keep-it-true.de) on April 23rd and 24th where we'll have a small stand for selling our stuff! And we can finally announce our 2010 release schedule (more details coming in the following news): April 23rd 2010 (KEEP IT TRUE festival): • VV.AA. "Compendium Of Metal Vol. 3" (15 MOMR bands, 16 songs, 74 minutes) half price CD • MORTALICUM "Progress Of Doom" (Doom/Heavy Metal/Hard Rock, Sweden) CD • RAGENHEART "Ragenheart" (Heavy/Power Metal/Hard Rock, Greece) CD • HEATHENDOM "Heathendom" (Power/Doom Metal, Greece) LP "Heathendom" will be a vinyl only release of HEATHENDOM's 2005 demo with an additional song, brought out in cooperation with Danny Angus/PARIAH CHILD (www.myspace.com/pariahchild). May 25th 2010: • FRANKENSHRED “Into The Lab Vol. 1: Frankenshred” • FRANKENSHRED “Into The Lab Vol. 2: Evil Shred” Both albums are in US Power/Speed/Thrash Metal style (with loads of shredding obviously!) and will be available in a digital format with a very limited number of physical copies. These will be re-releases of FRANKENSHRED's 1997 and 2000 instrumental albums with bonus tracks. July 16th 2010 (BANG YOUR HEAD festival): • NOMAD SON "The Eternal Return" (Traditional Doom Metal, Malta) CD • FALLEN ANGELS "Engines Of Oppression" (Thrash Metal, USA) CD • SKELATOR "Death To All Nations" (Epic Heavy/Speed Metal, USA) CD • HEATHENDOM "Nescience" (Power/Doom Metal, Greece) CD reissue "Nescience" reissue will not include "War & Pain" bonus track from the original release, but instead a newly re-recorded song from the demo, "Haunted Within", will be added before "Hell Within" (that was as a matter of fact its second part) and merged together with it into a 20-minutes suite ("Haunted In Hell"), the same as on the "Heathendom" LP. October 23rd 2010 (HAMMER OF DOOM festival): • HEATHENDOM "The Symbolist" (Power/Doom Metal, Greece) CD • WISHDOOM "Helepolis" (Epic Heavy/Doom Metal, Greece) CD • CATCH 22 "Monumetal" (Power/Thrash Metal, USA) CD And here are the covers of our first 2010 releases:  VV.AA. "Compendium Of Metal Vol. 3"  MORTALICUM "Progress Of Doom"  RAGENHEART "Ragenheart"  HEATHENDOM "Heathendom" vinyl 18-04-2010 >>> NOMAD SON T-SHIRT. We've got the first band T-shirt produced: NOMAD SON "First Light" design. Great quality 8-colour print of the detail from their debut album cover looks really good on it!  NOMAD SON T-Shirt It had its "debut" on Saturday April 10th at DOOM SHALL RISE (www.doomshallrise.de) where NOMAD SON played an impressive show in front of circa 600 doom fanatics. The T-shirts will be available at our merch stand at KEEP IT TRUE festival (www.keep-it-true.de) on April 23rd and 24th. After that you will be able to order them from our online shop.  NOMAD SON at Doom Shall Rise festival 14-01-2010 >>> FRANKENSHRED RADIO INTERVIEWS. Today one of the coolest radio shows features one of our bands again! This time it will be FRANKENSHRED. Dr. Frankenshred will call DJ Tombstone on THE CRAWLSPACE show (www.myspace.com/radiotombstone) at 8 p.m. Pacific Time (that is 4 a.m. GMT, April 15th). The show is broadcasted from 6 to 10 p.m. Pacific Time and you can listen to it streaming from http://takilmafm.com. Their interviews are always improvised and uncensored - and the Doctor is always very entertaining, so don't miss it!  The Crawlspace This Friday, April 16th, FRANKENSHRED will be a featured band on the great EVOLUTION ROCK podcast - "Masters Of Shred Episode 7" (www.myspace.com/evolution_rock). There will be an interview with Dr. Frankenshred and a preview of the last album, "Cauldron Of Evil". Additionally SKELATOR will be featured in the same episode as a guest band. Lord Malignus has already played our bands' songs in several "Assorted Collections" - and two MOMR special episodes are in the works! Masters Of Shred And those who missed the interview with Jimmy Herrera of BRUTAL HAND on HEAVY METAL MAYHEM radio show (www.myspace.com/heavymetalmayhemradioshow), February 14th, can still listen to it here: http://www.blogtalkradio.com. The interview starts at 01:03:14 marker (and is preceeded by the song "Karma" at 00:58:27).More news about Metal On Metal Records specials and interviews coming soon, so stay tuned!  Heavy Metal Mahyem 14-04-2010 >>> NEW BANDS SIGNED: MORTALICUM AND RAGENHEART. Finally we can announce the last 2 bands that we have signed for this year's releases! The first one comes from the northern lands and proves the quality of Swedish traditional doom metal. One listen to just one song from their MySpace and we knew we'd stumbled across a remarkable band. We wanted to hear more and when we did, we had no doubts left. MORTALICUM's music sounds so honest and natural that it seems like they were born playing it! They blend doom with good old heavy metal and '70s hard rock, having songs ranging from slow to high-energy bangers, always catchy and melodic, but with a really heavy and raw sound. So, their music is definitely not only for the genre's purist followers. Their debut "Progress Of Doom" will make many heads bang, especially those into BLACK SABBATH, GRAND MAGUS, RAINBOW, ASTRAL DOORS, DEEP PURPLE, IRON MAN, WALL OF SLEEP...  MORTALICUM And the most recent addition to our roster, Greek RAGENHEART won us over with their superbly played melodic heavy/power metal with some prog metal elements, rooted in hard rock. They had released only 1 demo (in 2006), which garnered enthusiastic reviews from all over the world. Since then they've become a much tighter band and perfected their sound, so the debut album "Ragenheart" offers versatile and passionate music with a usually dark and epic mood, remarkable melodies, fantastic singer with great emotion and range and excellent performance by every musician, topped with clean and solid production. Their music should appeal to fans of CONCEPTION, RAINBOW, MAGNITUDE 9, DIO, EVERGREY, HEIR APPARENT, MYSTIC FORCE, CRIMSON GLORY, WHITESNAKE... RAGENHEART Both CDs will be released and available at the KEEP IT TRUE festival, on April 23rd. For the moment, please check MORTALICUM page and RAGENHEART page on our website and listen to their 4 songs that we've added to our player! Don't forget to visit also their MySpace pages for more music: www.myspace.com/mortalicum and www.myspace.com/ragenheart!Tomorrow we're going to Germany to DOOM SHALL RISE (www.doomshallrise.de) festival where NOMAD SON will play on Saturday, April 10th! We'll be back after the relaxing, doom-filled weekend! 11-02-2010 >>> NEW BAND SIGNED: WISHDOOM - MOMR ON FACEBOOK. It's time to let everybody know about our new signing and introduce the new member of the MOMR family... As we often say: to sign a new band we have to be totally blown away by their music - and such was the case with WISHDOOM, a young band from Thessaloniki, Greece. Their self-released "Winds Of War" EP from last year is about the best epic heavy metal we've heard since we discovered DOOMSWORD years ago and yes, while we wouldn't call it doom metal, their music is definitely doom-tinged, a perfect blend of both styles. Their usually mid-paced battle hymns sound mature and complex, displaying versatility, but never going astray. Crushing, memorable riffs, stomping rhythms, excellent singer with masculine and passionate voice, themes evoking the glory of the ancient Greek battles and myths... It's all there, topped with great production. Fans of the aforementioned DOOMSWORD need to check them out, as there's perhaps no other band that came so close to their style, but if you love MANILLA ROAD, Viking era BATHORY, early MANOWAR, WARLORD, PRIMORDIAL, OLD SEASON, BATTLEROAR, HOLY MARTYR or BATTLE RAM, these Greeks' music will be right up your alley too! WISHDOOM's debut album "Helepolis" will see the light of day in October this year. We really can't wait for it to be unleashed to the world! Meanwhile feel free to check WISHDOOM page for more info and go to the band's MySpace page to hear a preview of their 1st demo "Up The Hammers" and the EP "Winds Of War" (from which some songs will be on the full length CD) and ask them for the add if you like what you hear! You can also listen to "Guardians Of Steel" song from our player here.  WISHDOOM From other news: we've just created a page on Facebook (may be the sign that the end of the world is near...). So well, all friends of good music: join us there!Metal On Metal Records on Facebook 14-01-2010 >>> RADIOS THAT ROCK - PART 2. We wanted to take a few minutes to thank all DJs from internet and FM radios supporting us and our bands! First of all big thanks go out to Thorsten Linnenbank, the host of MESHUGGENER'S METAL PODCAST, a German podcast (in English language), who has prepared a "METAL ON METAL Records Special". The episodes number 36 and 37 presenting all bands signed to our label are just out and you can listen to them from http://www.meshuggener.de/mmp.rss (scroll down to the bottom of the page).  Meshuggener's Metal Podcast A special mention and "thank you" goes to Yamna Castellanos who's been presenting 2 of our bands (with 2 songs of each) in the past 7 episodes (50-56) of FAN METAL SHOW. The podcast is in Spanish and you can find it also on: Metal Head Radio, Radio Ugly, MetaLfree Radio and Wild Child Radio. Fan Metal Show Our appreciation is extended to the DJs who have recently played songs of Metal On Metal bands: Lord Malignus @ Evolution Rock podcast, DJ Powermaker @ True Metal Radio Show and DJ SpeedKing @ The Wake Up Dead Morning Show (both on Hard Rock Radio Live), Robert Kudler @ Metal Maniaxe Radio, Tom @ Foundry Of Doom Radio, Janet @ Abysmal Torment Radio, DJ Evil Joker @ Metal Mayhem show, Sidney @ Metal Invasion podcast (F.K.U. "Where Moshers Dwell", BATTLERAGE "Blood, Fire, Steel" and just today FRANKENSHRED "Cauldron Of Evil" were chosen as the albums of the week in podcasts number 87, 90 and 101), DJ Mike "The Big Cheese" @ Heavy Metal Mayhem Radio show, Georg Lögler @ Rock Of Ages show, Rich Embury @ Pure Rock Radio, Noel @ Danger Zone show, Jose Antonio @ Senderos del Rock show, Simon Lukic @ Musically Incorrect show, DJ Beerman @ Top Rock Radio, Ron @ Das Hard Rock Radio, Tony @ Analog Nation Radio program, Uwe Wessel @ Radio-Paranoid, Uwe Harms @ Radio Gehacktes and all other DJs who asked us for the songs, but haven't sent any playlists or links yet.And very special thanks to Bill Peters @ METAL ON METAL show and Tombstone @ THE CRAWLSPACE show for their undying support and dedication! There are also upcoming interviews (the exact dates still to be confirmed): with BRUTAL HAND by DJ Mike "The Big Cheese" @ HEAVY METAL MAYHEM Radio show in February, with FRANKENSHRED by Lord Malignus @ EVOLUTION ROCK podcast "MASTERS OF SHRED Episode 7" in early March and still to be confirmed interviews with our other bands by DJ Evil Joker @ METAL MAYHEM show on Metal Head Radio. More info coming soon! You can find the full list of radios that played songs of our bands in the links on our website. There are 65 links now! We wish you all a great rockin' METAL New Year! |
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