Nearly four decades after the birth of Teutonic thrash legends, Sodom, founder and frontman Tom Angelripper continues to set the standard for the genre. It’s been four years since the band’s previous effort, Decision Day, and album number 16, Genesis XIX marks Sodom’s first as a quartet. The album welcomes the return of lead guitarist Frank Blackfire who last appeared on the band’s second and third albums, Persecution Mania (1987) and Agent Orange (1989). Genesis XIX also marks the debut full-length for drummer Toni Merkel and guitarist Yorck Segatz.

hey are one of the most influential heavy metal bands of all time. Alongside Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth, the Masters of Metal are an important part of the "big four". Over 100 million record sales worldwide, they are one of the most commercially successful bands of all time…

David Ellefson announces to release a new solo album. Under the name ELLEFSON the Megadeth bassist cooperates with various artists from bands like Anthrax, Crobot, Sacred Reich, Megadeth, and many more. The whole thing will be a cover album with the title "No Cover" to be released on Friday, November 20,, 2020.

The More Things Change… is the second studio album by heavy metal band Machine Head, released on March 26, 1997 through Roadrunner Records. It is the band's last release to feature original lead guitarist Logan Mader, and the first to feature drummer Dave McClain.

Rock Hard german edition! #402. Includes an exclusive SODOM "A Handful Of Bullets" CD with 5 songs.

Motörizer is the nineteenth studio album by the band Motörhead, released on 26 August 2008, their eleventh and last on the Steamhammer label.

Youthanasia is the sixth studio album by American heavy metal band Megadeth, released on November 1, 1994 through Capitol Records. The album is not a large stylistic departure from the band's earlier recordings; however it marked the continuing evolution of Megadeth, following the footsteps of the previous album Countdown to Extinction (1992). The album's title is a play on words, implying that society is euthanizing its youth. The cover art features an elderly woman hanging babies by their feet on a seemingly endless clothes line; the artwork concept was directly inspired from a line of the title track.

Live Shit: Binge & Purge is a live album by the American heavy metal band Metallica. It was the band's first live album and was released in a box set format on November 23, 1993. The initial first pressings contained three CDs or cassette tapes, with songs from concerts in Mexico City on the Nowhere Else to Roam tour…

Burn My Eyes is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Machine Head, released on August 9, 1994 by Roadrunner Records. The album's themes generally tie into the social disorder and corresponding inner tension that the band was exposed to in their native Oakland, California, reflected in Robb Flynn's lyrics, such as the Los Angeles Riots of 1992 and the Waco Siege of 1993. The album shipped over 400,000 copies worldwide, becoming Roadrunner Records's best selling debut album until the release of Slipknot's debut album. This is Machine Head's only studio album to feature drummer Chris Kontos.

The most immediately noticeable aspect of …And Justice for All isn't Metallica's still-growing compositional sophistication or the apocalyptic lyrical portrait of a society in decay. It's the weird, bone-dry production. The guitars buzz thinly, the drums click more than pound, and Jason Newsted's bass is nearly inaudible. It's a shame that the cold, flat sound obscures some of the sonic details, because …And Justice for All is Metallica's most complex, ambitious work; every song is an expanded suite, with only two of the nine tracks clocking in at under six minutes…

The first release from Mr. Bungle since 1999. The Raging Wrath Of The Easter Bunny Demo is a re-recording of the band's 1986 high school thrash metal demo along with songs written then, but never recorded. The record also features covers of classics by S.O.D. and Corrosion Of Conformity. This version of Mr. Bungle is original members Mike Patton, Trey Spruance and Trevor Dunn, joined by Scott Ian of Anthrax and Dave Lombardo of Slayer / Dead Cross.

One Night in Bangkok is a live album by the German thrash metal band Sodom, Recorded live during the M-16 Asia tour 2002 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Even though Master of Puppets didn't take as gigantic a leap forward as Ride the Lightning, it was the band's greatest achievement, hailed as a masterpiece by critics far outside heavy metal's core audience. It was also a substantial hit, reaching the Top 30 and selling three million copies despite absolutely nonexistent airplay…

This 2004 documentary film from the Heavy Metal maestros. In SOME KIND OF MONSTER, Metallica is forced to examine their nature and their very existence as bassist Jason Newsted quits the band and front man James Hetfield abruptly leaves the group to enter a rehabilitation facility due to alcohol abuse…