Annihilator is a Canadian thrash metal band founded in Ottawa in 1984 by guitarist Jeff Waters and vocalist John Bates. They are the highest-selling Canadian thrash metal group in history, having sold more than three million albums worldwide. Fans have been waiting for years and it’s finally happening: the much sought-after and previously unavailable Annihilator back-catalogue is getting a series of re-issues via earMusic. Metal II stands out as a fully re-recorded, newly mixed by Mike Fraser (AC/DC, Aerosmith and many more) and re-mastered album in a new line-up, featuring Dave Lombardo (Slayer, Grip Inc. etc) on drums and Stu Block (Iced Earth) on vocals. The guest list on the album is huge: Willie Adler from Lamb Of God, Alexi Laiho from Children of Bodom, Steve 'Lips' Kudlow from Anvil, Dan Beehler from Exciter”, Jesper Strömblad from In Flames - just to name a few.

Formed in 1986, Exhorder's journey has proven exciting, yet tumultuous. After a twenty-seven-year absence following their final Roadrunner Records release in 1992, Exhorder enter the game with an album considered by many to be a contender for the "Best Comeback Album". The band released Mourn the Southern Skies in 2019 through Nuclear Blast Records. Fraught with euphoric peaks and crippling valleys throughout it's existence, lineup changes, and the 2020-2021 pandemic, Exhorder clawed back through the muck to prepare yet another album to add to the discography. In the spring of 2024, Exhorder presents their 4th full-length recording, Defectum Omnium. Produced by Exhorder & mixed by Jens Bogren, Defectum Omnium puts a foot back into the roots of the band's inception. The scales have tipped favorably towards the presence of punk & thrash. Tracks like 'Wrath of Prophecies', 'Forever and Beyond Despair', & 'Sedition' are what Exhorder comes by most honestly when referring to their beginning.

Switzerland’s legendary Death/Thrashers Messiah are back with a new studio album! The follow-up to 2020’s highly acclaimed comeback album “Fracmont” promises harder and faster material with striking guitar parts and great arrangements, and also features the band’s new members Marcus Seebach (vocals) and V.O. Pulver (guitar), who are adding their own touches. There’s definitely a new wind blowing, but Messiah have not lost any of their established trademarks of old.

With "Socialized Hate" and "Violent by Nature", Atrophy released two absolute classics of US thrash metal in 1988 and 1990. 34 years after "Violent By Nature", Atrophy are now releasing album #3, entitled "Asylum". Frontman Brian Zimmerman has gathered a new line up around him and Atrophy is back in business: Mark Coglan - guitar, Nathan Montalvo - guitar, Josh Gibbs - bass and Sage Johnson on drums.
The lyrical focus is still focused on societal ills, from the insurrection to the brainwashing performed by the major news networks, and then also the obvious results from these on the people just struggling to live their lives.

Thrash metal band Municipal Waste have reissued their 2002 EP Tango and Thrash via Nuclear Blast Records. The album is fully remastered with bonus tracks and updated artwork.

A new generation of thrash metal youngsters has risen from the ashes of a club of titans like Slayer, Exodus, Kreator and many more. Greek ambassadors supreme Suicidal Angels are one of the most jaw-dropping representatives of the injection of new blood. In March 2024, the band made an impressive return with "Profane Prayer", presenting one of the thrash metal highlights of the year.

Bats is an album that could only be borne from Gama Bomb; on this, their eighth studio album, they have embraced their inner absurdities, they’ve taken a trust fall into each other's arms, relying on the idiosyncratic glue that has bound them together over the last 21 years to propel them forwards. Upon hitting play on the opening prologue track of Bats, it’s safe to assume that we’re about to embark on quite the journey - with Gama Bomb as our intrepid tour guides. From the tombs of Egypt to the faded glamour of old Hollywood, Philly, Domo, John, Joe and James lead us through new sonic landscapes and all manner of novel adventures on what they themselves call their "weirdest" album yet.
Sonically, Gama Bomb manage to stay true to their distinctive thrash sound, honed to perfection over two decades at the frontline of headbanging and fist-pumping…

Firing up audiences on tour with the likes of At The Gates, Obituary and Municipal Waste as well as European festivals including the UK's Bloodstock, Richmond Virginia's Enforced take their spot as torchbearers for crossover thrash with War Remains. Mixed by Arthur Rizk (Power Trip, Kreator), War Remains is an absolute classic in the making with riffs that rival Slayer at their most furious and thrash anthems like "Nation Of Fear" that will cement Enforced's spot in the annals of metallic hardcore history.

Aftermath is undoubtedly the most heartfelt and powerful record in Angelus Apatrida’s illustrious history, but it’s also one of the heaviest and most direct. From the neck-wrecking adrenalin rush of opener Scavenger to the dark might of the closing Vultures And Butterflies, the Spanish quartet’s eighth studio record displays the songwriting muscle and playing prowess of bands like Metallica, Testament and Pantera, while still delivering a huge, jolting dose of Angelus Apatrida’s distinctive trademark attack. It’s a defiant, uplifting and resolutely metal-as-fuck response to an era defined by chaos and fear. It’s the sound of Angelus Apatrida, doing what they do, but bigger, better, louder and with more passion than ever.

Truth be told, Target Earth was a make or break studio album for prog metal veterans Voivod. The band's last studio offering, 2009's INFINI, was assembled from the hard drive guitar parts of deceased guitarist (and chief songwriter) Denis "Piggy" D'Amour's. The live Warriors of Ice was the first to showcase new guitarist Daniel "Chewy" Mongrain; he did a fantastic job learning and playing Piggy's very difficult, angular parts. Writing and recording a new album that would live up to Voivod's reputation for innovation would seem to be a daunting task; but if it was, you'd never know it from hearing Target Earth. This is extreme, gnarly, experimental Voivod at their level best; the music is difficult, dramatic, and intense. The "blower bass" of Jean-Yves "Blacky" Theriault introduces the title track that opens the set…

Dutch thrash veterans Legion Of The Damned have once again entered into an alliance with the devouring depths of black and death metal and unleash another angry beast, The Poison Chalice via Napalm Records. The shredding monster delivers the most delicious pitch-black brew and tortures dark souls into demonic underworlds. For almost 35 years, they have formed their aggressive signature sound from the most horrific ingredients of thrash and death metal, combined with brutal blackened influences, resulting in one of the most defined and unique sounds in the scene.
The Poison Chalice comes to life by spreading its eerily beautiful wings within the first few seconds, then dives headfirst into a hellishly furious storm before the second song "Contamination" absolutely kills. In classic Legion Of The Damned manner, there is no escape as the track relentlessly drives into the abyss…

Canadian sci-fi metal innovators Voivod are celebrating 40 eventful years of existence in 2023 with a special Anniversary studio album entitled “Morgöth Tales”, released via Century Media Records.
Once more recorded and mixed by Francis Perron at RadicArt Studio, mastered by Maor Appelbaum and produced by Voivod, “Morgöth Tales” includes fresh studio (re-)recordings by the band’s current line-up of 9 especially selected, not-so-obvious picks from the band’s hyper-classy and extremely diverse back catalogue (between 1984 and 2003) as well as a brand-new song in the album’s title-track, “Morgöth Tales”.

Sepultura first album re-recorded by Cavalera brothers including an unreleased song "Burn the Dead".
Nearly four decades into their illustrious careers, the Cavalera brothers have re-recorded the cataclysmic debut releases that started it all for them, "Morbid Visions" & "Bestial Devastation". As the thrashers from Brazil kick back into their aggressive, primal upbringings, it becomes apparent that the bond between Max on guitar and vocals, and Iggor on drums has only been strengthened immensely since their first recordings, a connection so thunderous that only those two could be creating it.