Dark Tranquillity - Yesterworlds - CD

Innovative, atmospheric change ... With their tenth studio album "Construct", the then spearhead of Swedish melodic death metal Dark Tranqullity are heaviely struggled. The band suffered from writer's block in the run-up and also disagreed for a long time about how the new album should sound at all. In the end, a quite extraordinary album was created directly in the studio, on which above all many small details, different moods and a sound-based atmosphere were in the foreground. Many die-hard fans, expecting a melodic death metal milestone, were alienated by the more experimental tones of the album and so it quickly fell out of focus among purists. In retrospect it has to be said: unjustified, because it has an emotional depth that perfectly reflects the mood in which the band found themselves in the run-up to the creation process. So "Construct" is ultimately 100% a Dark Tranquillity album that is worthy of being put in perspective and duly considered again in 2022.

Epic Melodic Thrash/Death Metal Highlight! Seit über 30 Jahren sind FINAL CRY ein konstanter Bestandteil der deutschen Metal Szene und legen mit dem Bergsteiger Epos “The Ever-Rest” ihren nunmehr sechsten Longplayer vor. Darauf gelingt es der Band einmal mehr sich neu zu erfinden, ohne dabei ihre Wurzeln aus den Augen zu verlieren.  Ihr nach wie vor im Thrash Metal verwurzelter Sound besticht durch gnadenloses Riffing, treibende Drums und viel Gespür für Melodien und Atmosphäre und schlägt dabei eine Brücke zwischen dem klassischen Thrash der 80er und den düsteren skandinavischen Stilen der 90er. Der neue Mann am Mikro  gibt dem Sound der Band nicht nur eine neue Note, sondern seine garstigen Screams und Growls passen auch zum tödlich-frostigen Szenario des Albums wie die Faust aufs Auge. Das Gesamtkonzept wird durch ein 20seitigen Storybooklet abgerundet, welches die realen Geschichten erzählt, die jedem einzelnen Song zu Grunde liegen. Für einige Backing Vocals und Chöre, welche die epische Tiefe des Albumthemas unterstützen, konnte man zudem Herbie Langhans (AVANTASIA) und Børd Wäsche (EYE SEE BLACK) gewinnen. “The Ever-Rest” wurde im Soundlodge Studio unter den Fittichen von Jörg Uken aufgenommen und ist zweifellos ein Highlight im Schaffen des Quintetts und dürfte sowohl alte als auch neue Fans der Niedersachsen begeistern. Für ihre langjährigen Anhänger hat die Band als Bonus mit “Words Unspoken” zudem einen ihrer Alltime Klassiker  aus dem Jahre 1994 nochmal neu aufgenommen und ins neue Jahrtausend portiert.

The fourth album of the Swedish Death Metal veterans from 1995, a groundbreaking and timeless milestone of an entire genre. Out of print for many years and only available on collector's markets, it is now re-released as MDD Classic re-release. This re-release also contains 6 bonus tracks "Live In Katowice, Poland, November 24th 1995". TRACKLIST 1. Victims Of War 2. Legal Rapes 3. Hail The New Age 4. The Defender 5. In The Name Of Go 6. Precious Land 7. Berserk 8. Scream Forth Agression 9. Against The World 10. Revenge Bonus: Live In Katowice 11. Revenge 12. The Defender 13. In The Name Of God 14. Against The World 15. Victims Of War 16. Berserk running time: 53:45 min

The second album of the Swedish Death Metal veterans Unleashed from 1992, out of print for many years and only available on collector's markets, is here re-released by MDD. Without doubt a milestone in the history of Death Metal. This re-release also contains 6 bonus tracks "Live in Vienna, January 19th, 1993". TRACKLIST 1. The Final Silence 2. The Immortals 3. A Life Beyond 4. Shadows In The Deep 5. Countess Bathory 6. Never Ending Hate 7. Onward Into Countless Battles 8. Crush The Skull 9. Bloodbath 10. Land Of Ice Bonus: Live In Vienna 11. The Final Silence 12. Bloodbath 13. Shadows In The Deep 14. Never Ending Hate 15. Onward Into Countless Battles 16. The Immortals running time: 63:14 min

Suidakra 2.0? 1000 percent Suidakra! After more than 25 years of history and more than 13 studio albums as well as worldwide tours, can a band reinvent itself or even release the unexpected? Well, Suidakra may not reinvent themselves completely in 2021, but on their new album "Wolfbite" they create a mixture of all their past musical work and a fresh breeze, which gives the impression that the band has risen from a fountain of youth. "Wolfbite" is bursting with power, uncompromisingness and joy of playing. The collaboration with Aljoscha Sieg (Eskimo Callboy, Vitja, Gestört aber GeiL), which is certainly untypical for die-hard fans, results in a breathtaking, lively sound, which from the very first note makes any scepticism about whether Suidakra still sound like Suidakra in 2021 evaporate. With the proven concept story from the "Realms Of Odoric" cosmos, lyrically and visually realised by Kris Verwimp, of course, "Suidakra 2.0" presents itself in a form that even old fans probably wouldn't have dreamed of. With "Wolfbite", Suidakra succeed in travelling from the past into the future and surely present one of THE albums of the year 2021. "As a fanboy since the debut, I am of course proud to be able to release the band's most mature work. Check out all the old albums and you will hear 100% Suidakra. But what is Wolfbite then? One thousand percent Suidakra? Album of the year - basta! Nothing beats that." - Markus Roesner / CEO, MDD Records TRACKLIST 01. A Life In Chains 02. The Inner Wolf 03. Darcanian Slave 04. Faoladh 05. Crossing Over 06. Vortex Of Carnage 07. Resurgence 08. Redemption 09. A Shrine For The Ages running time: 45:32