Hårdrock & AOR

Judas Priest: Invincible shield 2024 [Digipack / CD]

2CD collectors boxset plus book.

Top-charting originators of thrash EXODUS have emerged hungrier than ever in 2026. Resurging at full force with their 12th studio album and Napalm Records debut, Goliath (out March 20, 2026), the band reinforces their eternal foothold at the top of thrash metal's hierarchy with 10 of their most diverse, anthemic emissions to date. Further fueled by the widely embraced return of iconic late-era frontman Rob Dukes – first appearing on 2005’s Shovel Headed Kill Machine – the album boasts what the band describes as the performance of his life. Goliath is EXODUS’ most collaborative record in their four decade-plus history, featuring songs written by several band members and guest contributions from Peter Tägtgren (Hypocrisy, Pain) and violinist Katie Jacoby.

Revenge-eran markerade KISS återkomst med ett mörkare och tyngre uttryck, format under studiosessioner 1990-1992. Trots Eric Carrs bortgång fortsatte bandet med Bruce Kulick, Eric Singer och producenten Bob Ezrin. Demos och outtakes visar den råa utvecklingen bakom ett av deras starkaste album efter sminkperioden.

Thrash metal-giganterna Megadeth förbereder sig för det definitiva slutet. Nu släpps bandets självbetitlade album, som enligt grundaren Dave Mustaine blir deras allra sista studioplatta.<br/><br/>Mustaine som startade sin karriär i Metallica, och som sedan bildade världsbandet Megadeth, sätter nu punkt efter fem decennier i det absoluta toppskiktet. Med Megadeth har han sålt 50 miljoner album och haft hits som "Symphony Of Destruction".<br/>.

Black Swan är ett band bestående av idel kända namn, eller vad sägs om följande laguppställning: på sång Robin McAuley (MSG), på gitarr Reb Beach (Winger, Whitesnake), på bas Jeff Pilson (Dokken, Foreigner) och på trummor Matt Starr (Ace Frehley, Mr. Big).<br/><br/>Fast alla vet ju att det inte räcker med bara kända namn, man måste ha låtarna också, och där levererar Black Swan med råge. De har tagit sina respektive influenser och smält samman det hela till melodiös, klassisk hårdrock, som inte bara har stora refänger och mängder av gitarr, utan som också levererar ofelbara melodier till McAuleys klassiska rockstämma.<br/><br/>Nu kommer så bandets tredje platta "Paralyzed", producerad av Jeff Pilson och sprängfylld med riktig kvalitetshårdrock!

Swedish high energy rockers THE HELLACOPTERS have been celebrating their 30th anniversary recently and after releasing something new - the much-lauded "Overdriver" album on January 31, 2025, which reached No. 1 in the Swedish charts for the second time in the group's career - it is time to offer their dedicated fanbase something truly nostalgic. "Cream Of The Crap! Collected Non-Album Works o Volume 3" is the long-overdue follow-up in a series of rarities collections started in 2002 combining material from a myriad of singles, EPs, and compilations. The 24 tracks featured in this set have originally been released between 1995 and 2004, and include originals like 'Disappointment Blues', 'Freeway To Hell', 'Doggone Your Bad-Luck Soul' and 'Long Gone Losers' as well as many cover versions of songs by Motörhead, Wilson Pickett, MC5, Smokey Robsinson, Alice Cooper, the Ramones, the Nomads, and Adam West - whose singer Jake Starr penned liner notes for this release - and many, many more. Meticulously compiled by Robert Eriksson, transferred from master tapes and vinyl by Henke Jonsson, and remastered for maximum audio fidelity by Magnus Lindberg, THE HELLACOPTERS proudly present a stunning collection of incredible, high-octane rock'n'roll on this over 75 minutes long CD edition.