Archive for the Nuclear Blast Category
Meshuggah “Nothing” (Nuclear Blast)
Formed in the college town of Umeå in northern Sweden in 1987, MESHUGGAH have spent the last twenty plus years and cumulative thirteen releases developing, exploring, and redefining their complex, inimitable approach on the art of expressing their collective Id. An entity that has not sounded like anyone else in […]
Blind Guardian “Imaginations From The Other Side” “(Nuclear Blast)
The fifth release from these German power metal lords. Recorded by famed Metallica producer Flemming Rasmussen, who helped Blind Guardian reach even higher levels of success. This album will not disappoint fans of triumphant power metal! Now remastered with three bonus tracks!
Meshuggah “Koloss” (Nuclear Blast)
Formed in the college town of Umeå in northern Sweden in 1987, MESHUGGAH have spent the last twenty plus years and cumulative thirteen releases developing, exploring, and redefining their complex, inimitable approach on the art of expressing their collective Id. An entity that has not sounded like anyone else in […]
Overkill “The Wings Of War” (Nuclear Blast)
In an age where music is available instantly and bands appear and fade just as quickly, the power and resiliency that is OVERKILL who’s initial social media was stuffing show flier ads under windshield wipers in the 80s, has remained as resolute as ever, and even more so. New frontiers […]
Sinister “Cross The Styx” (Nuclear Blast)
Debut album by cult death metallers SINISTER (The Netherlands), originally released in 1992 by Nuclear Blast. Cross The Styx is considered worldwide as one of the best death metal albums ever released! Here is the official vinyl repress on Cosmic Key Creations limited to 1000 copies with original artwork and […]
Meshuggah “Contradictions Collapse” (Nuclear Blast)
MESHUGGAH “Contradictions Collapse” – BLACK 2-LP in Gatefold Cover. It is the debut album by Swedish heavy metal band Meshuggah. The album was released in May 1991, remastered 2018.
Meshuggah “None” (Nuclear Blast)
In 1994 came the five-track None. On this EP Meshuggah took their thrash metal influences, mixed them with some of the modern groove metal influences of the time, and firmly forged ahead with mind-melting polyrhythms and buzzing groove. You can hear the roots of what would later be termed djent on […]
Meshuggah “Destroy Erase Improve” (Nuclear Blast)
Destroy Erase Improve was unleashed on an unsuspecting world in 1995 and was more of a success than probably anyone was expecting. Merging together progressive and technical thrash/groove metal in a myriad of creative and innovative ways, this was a collection of songs that pounded you down with inhuman, mechanical precision […]
Meshuggah “Chaosphere” (Nuclear Blast)
On Chaosphere, Meshuggah reached the peak of their post-thrash sound, before morphing once more into something utterly their own on 2002’s Nothing. Chaosphere is a monster, an unstoppable monstrosity of industrialized harshness and uncaring groove. Combining technicality and simplicity into songs that crystallize what the band were attempting to do on their previous album, Chaosphere was the […]
Meshuggah “Meshuggah” (Nuclear Blast)
One of the most prolific bands on Nuclear Blast, most of Meshuggah’s catalog has not been available on vinyl in years. These limited edition colors, with newly designed gatefold jackets, are limited to 700 each worldwide -The audio to all of these vinyl reissues was remastered for vinyl so that […]
Blind Guardian “Somewhere Far Beyond” (Nuclear Blast)
BLACK 180g LP with the remixed 2012 / remastered 2018 version of the fourth BLIND GUARDIAN studio album in the Gatefold.
OPETH “Garden Of The Titans: Live At Red Rock” (Nuclear Blast)
There are few bands that can or will match Sweden’s OPETH. Since forming in the tiny Stockholm suburb of Bandhagen in 1990, the Swedes have eclipsed convention, defiantly crushed the odds, and, most importantly, crafted 12 stunningly beautiful, intrinsically intense albums to become one of the best bands on the planet; […]
Blind Guardian “Battalions of Fear” (Nuclear Blast)
Germany-based progressive power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN re-release their first 4 studio albums via Nuclear Blast! The back catalogue has been remixed and remastered on black vinyl format, as well as individual colored vinyl for each album.
Blind Guardian “Follow the Blind” (Nuclear Blast)
Germany-based progressive power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN re-release their first 4 studio albums via Nuclear Blast! The back catalogue has been remixed and remastered on black vinyl format, as well as individual colored vinyl for each album.
Blind Guardian “Tales From the Twilight World” (Nuclear Blast)
Germany-based progressive power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN re-release their first 4 studio albums via Nuclear Blast! The back catalogue has been remixed and remastered on black vinyl format, as well as individual colored vinyl for each album.
Immortal “Northern Chaos Gods” (Nuclear Blast)
“We are eternally dedicated to IMMORTAL and our own musical past. The album is conceptual, and the first step in the reclaiming of our past grimness and attitude. Loyalty to the fans and our own musical history is very significant in this. Our new album will soon be available, with […]
Testament “The Gathering” (Nuclear Blast)
Back in Print !!! Also available : Demonic, Live in Eindhoven , and First strike still deadly.
Testament “Demonic” (Nuclear Blast)
Commented TESTAMENT guitarist Eric Peterson: “I’m super stoked that Nuclear Blast, ‘the best metal label on earth,’ is re-releasing the rebirth of TESTAMENT era featuring ‘Demonic’and ‘The Gathering’. These two albums brought us back to life with ultra-heavy and unrelenting fury and melody. Also ’87’s live classic in full, ‘Live In Eindhoven’, and re-recordings of our classics, ‘First Strike Still […]
Corrosion of Conformity “No Cross No Crown” (Nuclear Blast)
Now that the charming frontman has returned to the fold, the group has repossessed the power, spirit and sounds of “Deliverance” (1994) and “Wiseblood” (1996). Fortunately, this new album isn’t simply a rehash of those classics. “No Cross No Crown” is an extension of that timeless spirit and artistry that […]
Enslaved “E” (Nuclear Blast)
The latest album from Enslaved features lots of synths and clean vocals, and even a killer organ solo on one track. Metal guitars are secondary, as are the harsh black metal vocals of bassist and frontman Grutle Kjellson. While none of this is exactly new, E sounds smoother, more like […]
Enslaved “E” (Nuclear Blast)
Limited grey Red Splatter colored vinyl LP pressing housed in a gatefold sleeve. Formed in 1991 the Norwegian extreme metal band Enslaved has released thirteen full-length releases. “E” will be the fourteenth release from the band, their fifth on Nuclear Blast. Long heralded as innovators in the genre of extreme […]
Municipal Waste ”The Fatal Feast (Waste In Space)” (Nuclear Blast)
No big surprises and no attempts to move away from the tight crossover style that MUNICIPAL WASTE has honed to near-perfection, “The Fatal Feast: Waste in Space” is for the most part what you would expect from the good-time thrashers. That’s a very good thing for fans and for those […]
Danzig “Black Laden Crown” (Nuclear Blast)
Danzig is one of the most recognized names in heavy music. Having fronted the Misfits, Samhain and ultimately his own band, Danzig’s influence on the genre and it’s many subgenres can’t be denied. Black Laden Crown is Danzig’s eleventh solo studio album. His previous records have sold millions around the […]
Immolation “Atonement” (Nuclear Blast)
Limited splattered colored vinyl LP pressing housed in a gatefold sleeve. Atonement is truly a defining moment for Immolation, having some of the most mournful orchestrations the band have dared to delve into, redefining themselves once again and coming out holding the torch high. An unrelenting collection of catchy, intense […]