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Epic post-apocalyptic video out today!

CEILD release new single Falaise from upcoming album A View

When ten years ago a jung and wild thrash metal band named CRIPPER prepared for their first release, no one had a clue how much this would change the music biz on the long run. At that time, CRIPPER didn’t have a record deal nor a solution for the tricky, tedious promo work that needed to be done.

Dive HEAD FIRST into the fray!

STRIKER: “We hear you vinyl lovers!”

ART AGAINST AGONY announce "Shiva Appreciation European Tour 2018"

Independent metal prog 2.0

The Canadians reveal details about Play To Win!

News from Canada!

The track “Battle In Winter” tells an epic fantasy story of elves and war. 

CMM/SAOL are very proud to announce one of today’s most promising, unique bands joining our SAOL roster: CHONTARAZ, their first Scandinavian act!

A new sign of life from Matt Barlow and Jonah Weingarten

WE ARE SENTINELS are finally ready to provide specific information about their epic project and share the official tracklist for their self titled debut album as well as the day of release!

May the 4th be with you!

Captivating insight into the story of the project

"Lay My Hopes Across The Sea"

New epic project of Matt Barlow and Jonah Weingarten.

CRYPTEX release "Alois" and "It's Mine" of "Rain Shelter Sessions, Part 4-6"

Striker: Show at BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Open Air, new music video, new album record later this year 

After getting the first video (From Birth To Cemetery) from the upcoming album Mountains out to the listener, RADIO HAZE successfully left everyone craving for more of their brilliant, unique retro rock. 

After their epic live session trilogy “Rain Shelter Sessions” CRYPTEX are back to continue this one-of-a-kind project on a new level.

 RADIO from the top of Mt. HAZE!

Seven Spires to board The World's Heavy Metal Cruise 70000Tons Of Metal 2018!

Unfortunately, legal problems arose at extremely short notice, so the band has had to change their name.

Our Swiss thrash squad Comaniac begin the new year as is right and proper – namely with the destruction of European clubs.

"He's the best from the east to the west"

Stray Train are on the rails right into your ears! 

SAOL’s heavy blues express Stray Train are rolling again with the new video “Heading For The Sun” from their upcoming album "Blues From Hell" (Nov 24th).

Jen-of-all-trades is at it again in a playthrough video of her album title track InZENity.

Interested in some musical madness to fight off the leady ponderousness of normality? 

Check out the official trailer for Stray Train's second album "Blues From Hell"

“All right, come on everybody. Let’s do it one more time!”, singer Simon Moskon belts out into the microphone just before the rocking finale of Ribbon Tied Swing in the brand new live session video by the German progressive rockers of CRYPTEX.

Slovenian media named the band STRAY TRAIN a “blues rock machine”. And how right they were ‘cos this train ain’t slowin’ down!

THE TIP are about to release their latest album "Sailor’s Grave" in Europe (on September 29th through SAOL) and now streaming it in full on this special occasion.

After their splendid cover version of Savatage’s Gutter Ballet, it is now time for more: As continuance of their threepart live studio session, the German progressive rockers of Cryptex release their first new song since the great success of the band’s last album Madeleine Effect in 2015: The track is called Closer and it’s the first time singer Simon Moskon and guitarist André Mertens have teamed up for a composition.

Our favorite shredders of STRIKER just released a brand new video for their song Former Glory on Youtube. Their heavy metal machine is here to take you back to the glorious eighties, so put on your helmet, mouthguard and jump right in! You will not regret the journey.

Welcome back to rock n’ roll heaven, folks!

Jen Majura’s (Evanescence, Jen Majura) new album announcement got the fans very excited a few weeks ago and her crowdfunding campaign has been going killer since then. While waiting for the first single to drop soon, you can now get an eye-candyesque sneak peek of what’s to come!

There are songs that last for and influence whole generations. And there are bands that do not only cover them but rather find an outstanding way to make them their own – so that an interpretation like this sometimes becomes so much more than just a cover version.

Sleazy, bluesy, greasy – The American epicentre of music shows its balls again! Let us introduce you to THE TIP from Nashville. Long nights, hot licks and the unbridled energy of the four pack are what wet rock’n’roll dreams are made of!

'Solveig': SEVEN SPIRES’ potent, full-length concept album – the journey of a lost soul through a neo-Victorian underworld ruled by an ancient demon.

Look what our friend Jen Majura just did! 100% Indigogo goal reached less then 24hrs into the campaign for her upcoming album "InZENity"! Of course, in a shitty summer like this, who isn't looking for awesome warm socks? Throw into the mix that these will be hand-knitted just for you by a great artist (and one of the most likeable persons on the planet) and you find yourself wanting a pair of those.

Once again SEVEN SPIRES break away from any genre limitations and constantly add new layers to their wide musical spectrum - this time with a heavy melodic death punch straight in your face!

One month after releasing the official video for “The Cabaret of Dreams”, the symphonic metal wonder Seven Spires is back with a brand new video for “The Paradox”, another exciting song off their highly anticipated concept album “Solveig”:

Two weeks after announcing that they will open for Metal Church for a series of shows in June, the Swiss thrash metal killers Comaniac just revealed their busy schedule for their summer "Road Destruction 2017" tour!

Only a few days after the release of the official video for "The Cabaret of Dreams", the first single off of their debut album "Solveig", the American symphonic metal force Seven Spires strikes again with a brand new song called "Stay":

Very few progressive rock bands manage to not only capture the fans’ imagination, but even break the border between band and audience like Cryptex do.

Swiss thrash metal attack Comaniac will join the mighty Metal Church on their European tour in June!

With its new theatrical piece “Solveig”, the female-fronted American band Seven Spires is about to pull off a major coup in the ever-growing symphonic metal scene.

Sometimes one has to frown like the devil himself to get rid of a life-sucking girlfriend.

Some time ago, Stray Train made a promise to their fans – the promise not to sleep on what the band calls “our little success” after their highly praised debut album “Just ‘cause you got the monkey off your back doesn’t mean the circus has left town” and an epic European tour with Blues Pills and Kadavar.

Riding high on the success of their latest album “Striker” and their enormous tour with Sonata Arctica, the four Canadians of Striker have now been nominated for four awards at the Edmonton Music Awards for their previous album “Stand In The Fire”.

After their first two destructive chapters “Bow Low” and “Coal”, Swiss thrash wrecking ball Comaniac offer their ten-part instruction to complete annihilation two days before its official release: “Instruction for Destruction” is ready for delivery on demand at soundcloud now!

Pure riff brutality – probably the most efficient way to describe the new thrash masterpiece from Comaniac.

ASSIMILATION will be releasing their debut album, “The Laws Of Power”, worldwide on March 17th, 2017 via SAOL.

In less then two weeks the world’s biggest heavy metal cruise sets sail for the seventh time – and new bands are continuously added to the already great line up.

Relating to their latest album “Madeleine Effect”, singer and mastermind Simon Moskon talks about beauty, pain and caducity.

“If you choose to change part of your life you need to go out and live it, not just fantasize about it.“

The desire to write music out of the ordinary and the liberation of all the rules, is the basis of CEILD's compositions. 

ART AGAINST AGONY to release third album "Shiva Appreciation Society"

The first ever record of We Are Sentinels will be published on July 6th 2018 via SAOL! 

After their epic live session trilogy “Rain Shelter Sessions” CRYPTEX are back to continue this one-of-a-kind project on a new level.

All-rounder and Evanescence guitarist JEN MAJURA is finally preparing for her second, eagerly awaited solo strike:

After the release of their debut album Just 'cos you got a monkey off your back does not mean circus has left town in 2016, that received the full attention of Slovenian and European music experts and fans, Slovenian media named STRAY TRAIN a “blues rock machine”.

His songs are evergreens, his life’s work is as legendary as it can only be created by someone with a brilliant musical vision.

Besides their never before recorded epic cover version of SAVATAGE’s Gutter Ballet and the brand new, mystic, melancholically elating Closer, the EP features Madeleine Effect's Ribbon Tied Swing.

Sleazy, bluesy, greasy – The American epicentre of music shows its balls again! Let us introduce you to The Tip from Nashville. Long nights, hot licks and the unbridled energy of the four pack are what wet rock’n’roll dreams are made of! 

With its new theatrical piece “Solveig”, the female-fronted American band Seven Spires is about to pull off a major coup in the ever-growing symphonic metal scene. This debut album, which is to be released worldwide on August 4, 2017 via SAOL, indeed succeeds in establishing as of now the four-piece orchestra as an essential figure of tomorrow’s extreme soundscape.

Germany, June 2017. Something is coming. It is spreading, slowly but steadily, fighting its way into the people’s heads – ready to infect everything and everyone: on June 16, 2017 will be released “Virus”, Pantaleon’s debut album.

When a band makes up its name from “Company of Maniacs”, this can be seen as a promise to the listener. Since the formation of their band in 2012, the four Swiss of Comaniac have repeatedly proven what this means in their case: They celebrate metal-mania in the best sense.

Everything was better in the old days. For many fans of the original death metal of the 1980s, every new band dragging a legacy the legends of metal eked out in years into the mud with their pseudo curried, glossy sounds is just one more punch in the face. With their new first full length album “The Laws of Power” that is to be released via SAOL on March 17, 2017, Assimilation prepare for a counterstrike.

Riding high on the success of their own independent label,​ Record Breaking Records​, Striker is the fastest growing metal band out of Canada. Their fifth album, eponymously titled "Striker", is a lethal force cut from the former glory of all things heavy metal.

Of the first AXXIS album "Kingdom of the Night", which Walter Pietsch was essentially involved in as one of the two songwriters and as guitarist and co-producer, he has sold over 100.000 copies.

The band was founded by experienced musicians in early 2015, with the main idea of playing famous (or less famous) blues rock covers in small clubs, just to field-test and cultivate their sounds and to stay in shape.

What is Bulgaria known for? Regarding the metal scene, it might soon be NAMELESS DAY RITUAL, who come into the world with their symbolic entitled debut album “Birth”.

Canadian heavy metal maniacs STRIKER are ready to set out on a new adventure with their fourth album “Stand In The Fire“.

In 2011 four young men sat together, reflected their previous work and agreed, that the next album should be something special. It shouldn’t only be the normal process of writing, playing and recording black metal songs – no, they wanted to exhibit a broad concept for the new album.

The clock is ticking – second after second, day after day, year after year. In 2007 the first sound was made by Zanthropya EX like a rushing river of blood and screams, naive but full of zest for action to reflect the world up to the darkest corner of its ugly face.

After having received heaps of enthusiastic reviews for their debut album from 2011, this extraordinary formation around lead singer Simon Moskon has acquired a reputation as a barnstorming entertaining newcomer – mainly but not only due to their extremely powerful live performances.

Founded in 1990 by Peter “Piotr” Sommer (vocals/guitar) and Toni Scherrer (guitar/vocals), the band could quickly attract attention with their first demo tape “The Fog” and following concerts with scene stars like Hades, Midas Touch and Poltergeist.

For over 15 years, industrial metal band NOCTIFERIA from Ljubljana have been the lighttower of the slovenian metal scene. During this time the band, founded by Igor Nardin (guitars) and Uros Lipovec (bass), already went through some basic musical changes, that again and again proved the band’s status to be an innovator for stilistically often hardened metal genre.

We give a warm welcome to a fresh offspring from Switzerland! Thrash Metal heads SUBORNED are joining the SAOL family, and we are delighted to say hello to the young band consisting of Lucie (vocals), Raymond (bass), Valentin (guitars), and Stefan (drums).

The fitting soundtrack for destroying your living room furniture!

„Bloody, morbid, perverse and brutal - We are the mirror of our time“ (Zanthropya EX) Since 2007, Zanthropya EX are marching throug the metallandscape under the leadership of the brothers Schinder Papst and JenZo. With the longplayer „Hure meiner Sinne“ they are releasing their fourth studio album in the genre named „Misanthropic Death“.

MOONCRY was found in 2006 in Southern Germany at the Lake Constance. The band creates a special and distinctive sound, which may be described as Dark Melodic Metal or as Symphonic Power Metal with elements of Gothic and Thrash. 

AFRICAN CORPSE is a mixture of brute vocals, aggressively forcing drums and the guitars' uncompromisingly interaction.

RISING STORM, that is the name of Germany’s newest Metal formation. After a short disappearance from the Metal scene, they are ready to unleash what they created during the last years to conquer the seas of Metal!

Croatian singer and songwriter GIBONNI lives one of most fascinanting musical careers in south eastern Europe. In the last ten years, five of his albums went straight in the top ten list in this region. Right in time to celebrate the accession of Croatia into the European Union, he releases his first english-speaking album “20th Century Man”.

Roxin’ Palace is a new Sleaze Rock/Metal band, founded in 2011 by Alex Corona, guitar player of Revoltons, and Elvis “El Chino” Ortolan, ex-Elvenking drummer.

SAPIENCY, the up and coming Metal band from Frankfurt, was founded in 2009. Their debut album “Fate’s End” was released throughout Europe in collaboration with SAOL/H’Art in October 2010. It was highly praised by professional magazines.

Subsequently to their highly acclaimed debut-album „Good Morning, How Did You Live?“, <strong>CRYPTEX</strong> grabbed the chance and went to a two month long European support tour for PAIN OF SALVATION at the beginning of this year, which lead them through 14 countries.

The German Power Metal Band STEEL ENGRAVED was founded in 2006 by Andy Straehler, Marco Schober, Chris Wende, Thorsten Zirpner and Anton Weber.
In December 2009 Daniel Kieslinger joined Steel Engraved and replaced Anton Weber on the drums, Thomas Lang replaced Thorsten Zirpner on bass at the end of 2011.

SEX SLAVES are a living Rock’n’Roll machine. They have independently performed over 1,000 live shows in 13 countries, and counting…all without a major label’s tour support dollars, or corporate sponsorship. This is a band to be reckoned with.

SEITA is a Brazilian four-piece band hailing out of Amsterdam that stands for straight up Thrash/Death Metal.

Zanthropya Ex, founded in the year 2007 by the 2 brothers, Schinder Papst and JenZo, as well as M. Salazar. All from the town Trossingen, in southern Germany´s music high school town.

MOONCRY is settled in Southern Germany at the Lake Constance. The band creates a special and distinctive sound, which may be described as Dark Melodic Metal or as Symphonic Power Metal with elements of Gothic and Thrash.

After Stephanie Smith played in a band called SPECTATOR PUMP in the 90s, she founded her own band with the name KLEVELAND in 2000. The bandname arose while she was working in a bar.

KOTTAK is ready again! One year after the third studio album “Rock &amp; Roll Forever”, SAOL / H’Art / Zebralution will release the bands fourth record called “Attack” on May the 27th.

CRYPTEX – the smiling madness! A bit of Woodstock, flower power and gospel, some TOOL, a sound that is smiling, swearing and living, lots of surrealism, amazing songs and charisma.

HATRED is going to  release the CD "Destruction Manual" via SAOL. The name of the album can  be taken literally, it will be diversified and banging in mercilessly.

Did you know that nowadays it’s normal for a band to forget its singer at a roadhouse? You knew? You like such anecdotes? And you also want to experience such abstrusities? Then you should watch “Gunniversary”, the first DVD of GUN BARREL!

Now summer can definitely come! KOTTAK’s third album ‘Rock & Roll Forever’ is the perfect soundtrack for a cozy cabriolet trip through the streets while sunbathing.

Meet Machines of Grace. They are the latest among the gifted hard rock/heavy metal bands born from Boston’s thriving music scene. As with their Beantown bred forefathers, (Aerosmith, Extreme, Godsmack, Dropkick Murphys) this quad has concocted their own proprietary formula for whiplash on a disc.

From the splendor of lightning-fast riffs and hyper-speed drumming, to the heavy and powerful grooves that slash through the moshpit - THE FADING’s live show is an event to remember. Integrating influences from the veterans of the Swedish scene and the modern new-school American metal heroes, THE FADING delivers a violent and furious metal attack, sure to leave the crowd beaten and bruised.

After saying goodbye to their former singer Eric Wagner with the “Unplugged” album, on which Trouble put their all-time classics into an acoustic garb, for one of the most influential US-Doom-Bands of all time it’s gonna be time to look ahead.

After the consistently positive media echo for their first full-lenght album „Freak Inside“ in fall of 2008, the Hannover Thrashers from CRIPPER are now starting to take off.

Anno 1984, Chicago: Five boys stepped into Black Sabbath’s footsteps without having the slightest idea which formative influence they would leave behind.

CRIPPER - this name stands for a thrash-oriented project from Hanover / Germany.

Striker announce to take off with their buddies SKULL FIST for co-headliner in early November.

On tour with Shiva Appreciation Society (out on October 5th)

Confirmed: Striker play at Bang Your Head 2018!

CRYPTEX: Very much alive with brand new Rain Shelter Session EP and video!

His songs are evergreens, his life’s work is as legendary as it can only be created by someone with a brilliant musical vision. 

Very few progressive rock bands manage to not only capture the fans’ imagination, but even break the border between band and audience like Cryptex do.

On this tour, the maniacs will be promoting their new kick-ass album "Instruction for Destruction", which was released worldwide via SAOL on April 7, and sharing the stage with thrash metal legends such as Metal Church, Overkill and Death Angel.

Striker on European tour with Sonata Arctica, Triosphere and Thunderstone!

Alive and kickin’ – After a longer creative break, the four German progressive rockers of Cryptex are back where they belong: on the stages of the republic.

Stray Train to stomp European grounds with KADAVAR and BLUES PILLS