Halo: The New Blood

There are some acts that seem to forever be associated with a period in time and for ABC it’s without doubt the 80s. Lead by original front man and chief songwriter Martin Fry, ABC continue to perform to sell-out crowds and produce great records yet it’s that first album, The Lexicon of Love, which reached the UK No.1 spot in the summer of 1982 that seems to define them.Hailing from Sheffield, they came into view just as the autumn of 1981 was giving way to winter. Fully formed, bright, confident and with a peerless debut album up their sleeves, together with Trevor Horn’s blossoming production talents they’d arguably forged the perfect debut pop album. Over the next 10 years they’d score no less than 10 UK top 40 single hits, 5 of which would chart across the pond, where alongside fellow Sheffield band The Human League, the US would refer to them as part of The Second British Invasion!

Breaking down the 40-year history of the worldâs most popular art form, one video game at a time

2 years after their strong label debut 'The Blackened Halo', CIRCLE OF SILENCE are back with their brand new album 'The Rise Of Resistance'. It was once again produced by Vagelis Maranis (ex-Sanvoisen) in his Maranis Studios in Backnang. Uncompromising German style power metal reigns supreme on this album. From marching hymns to thrashy up-tempo songs, 'The Rise Of Resistance' has everything a headbanger's heart is looking for. Prepare yourself for the RESISTANCE!

God Dethroned never say die! The immutable power of the Netherlands greatest blackened death metal band rings true on new album, Illuminati. But this isn't something new for the Dutch horde. Since forming in the village of Beilen in 1991, God Dethroned have amassed a sizable following through the release of 10 full-length albums. From debut The Christhunt (1992) and Bloody Blasphemy (1999) to The Toxic Touch (2006) and comeback The World Ablaze (2017), Henri Sattler's God Dethroned have indeed purveyed some of the finest evil death since Possessed hurled the ground-breaking Seven Churches upon metaldom. Luckily, for headbangers and horn-throwers the world over, Illuminati continues God Dethroned's immutable reign after a two-year gap.