Encore Records

Red Sparrowes

The Fear Is Excruciating

Red Sparowes sweeping guitar orchestrations thrive unbound by narrative, reliant on the merits and strength of their power alone.

The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein Lies The Answer serves as a conduit where limitless amounts of imagery can reside within the grandiose scope of the quintet’s lush symphonic vignettes.

At the Gates

The Flames of the End

Lavish, extensive, in-depth official TRIPLE (!) DVD release by melodic Death Metal legends AT THE GATES.

The package contains a containing a 2 hour plus documentary, crammed full of extra scenes, over 40 live songs and unreleased footage, all housed in a deluxe 6 panel DVD size digipak with 40 page colour booklet.

Disc 1 - ‘Under A Serpent Sun - The Story of At The Gates’ - over 2 hours of brand new documentary detailing the band’s entire career with exclusive interviews and footage, filmed and directed by guitarist Anders Bjorler.

Disc 2 - ‘Purgatory Unleashed - Live at Wacken’ - a 75 minute live set from the band’s reunion at the Wacken Festival in 2008 in front of 100,000 people.

Disc 3 - ‘Only the Dead Are Smiling’ - 26 rare and archival live performances of the band playing in locations around the globe from 1991-2008.

Black Sabbath

Heaven and Hell / Mob Rules / Live Evil - UK 2CD Remasters

New 2CD UK remasters.

Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules feature unreleased live stuff on the second disc !

Darkthrone

Circle the Wagons

2010 release from the Norwegian Black Metal band.

Darkthrone are a legendary name in Metal, inspiring countless bands throughout the years as one of the leaders of the Scandinavian Black Metal movement in the early ‘90s.

From their Thrash and Death beginnings to their ascension to the pantheon of Black Metal greats, Darkthrone have always refused to stand still.

They continue to embrace and explore their roots and capture the real spirit of sonic greatness on Circle The Wagons, recorded by the band themselves at Necrohell II studios.

Darkthrone sail against the tides of trend and disposable Metal; uncompromising and defiant as ever.

Ludicra

Tenant

The fourth album from the San Francisco Black Metal outfit.

The Tenant finds Ludicra at the height of their musical prowess.

Possibly their most Metal-sounding release yet (thanks in no small part to some infectious Metallica-esque dual guitar harmonics), the record also features a strong progressive edge reminiscent of 2006’s Fex Urbis Lex Orbis—not to mention a return of the raw, Punk-inflected Black Metal vibe with which the band first made their name.

It is bound to be one of the most memorable releases of the year.

Scorpions

Sting In The Tail

2010 release, the 17th studio album by the German Heavy Metal band.

Unfortunately, It will be their last studio album before packing it in.

The album features a duet with the Finnish Symphonic Metal singer Tarja Turunen, on the song ‘The Good Die Young’.

Immolation

Majesty & Decay

IMMOLATION’s new album contains “10 songs [plus two intros] of the strongest material we have ever written,” the band said in a statement.

“The new material is more violent and aggressive, with fast sections that take us to a new level of speed and intensity, while complementing the dark and sullen heavier moments. There are plenty of miserable and militant movements to please the diehard and new IMMOLATION fans alike.”

Airbourne

No Guts No Glory

NO GUTS. NO GLORY. cranks out all cylinders firing and makes you want to chug a beer straight down your throat and punch the air as though it’d touched your wife inappropriately.

Inspired by the likes of Judas Priest, Thin Lizzy, Angel City, Rose Tattoo, AC/DC and Motorhead, Airbourne have been waving the rock and roll flag for Australia since 2003, and in the process, winning fans and awards, like the one they took home in 2008 from the Metal Hammer Golden Gods, where the band’s album Runnin’ Wild was named the year’s Best Debut Album.

Shining

VI - Klagopsalmer

The new Shining album is finally out !

By all accounts on of their strongest and most extreme releases to date !

Ken Hensley

Proud Words On a Dusty Shelf

Digitally remastered edition of the 1973 solo album from Uriah Heep vocalist and multi-instrumentalist.

Recorded in 1973 and originally released on the Bronze label, Proud Words On A Dusty Shelf featured Heep bassist Gary Thain and drummer Lee Kerslake.

The resulting album was equal to anything recorded by the Heep at their peak and features wonderful material such as ‘Cold Autumn Sunday’, ‘Black Hearted Lady’ and ‘Go Down’, along with a version of ‘Rain’ (also recorded by Uriah Heep).