Name: Fractal Universe "Symmetrical Masquerade" by Metal Blade Records
Duration: 4 min 20 s
Description: Fractal Universe "Symmetrical Masquerade" from the album "The Impassable Horizon"

Vulture "Malicious Souls" from the album "Dealin' Death"

Dealin' Death

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Vulture "Star-Crossed City" from the album "Dealin' Death"

Vulture "Star-Crossed City"

Fractal Universe "Symmetrical Masquerade" from the album "The Impassable Horizon"

The Impassable Horizon

Fractal Universe "Symmetrical Masquerade"

Space Chaser "Remnants of Technology" from the album "Give Us Life"

Give Us Life

Space Chaser "Remnants of Technology"

FINAL DEPRAVITY - Thrash Metal for the next generation from the Ruhr Area, Germany. New album Thrash Is Just The Beginning out now via Nihilistic Empire Records / New Music Distribution. Listen to the entire album at http://finaldepravity.bandcamp.com/!

Thrash Is Just The Beginning has been produced by Sascha Risseler and mastered by Dennis Koehne (a.o. Sodom, Exumer, The Very End). 

The album artwork and band photography come from the renowned design studio Killustrations (www.killustrations.com, a.o. Dew-Scented, Nervecell, Hackneyed, The Very End), run by German artist Bjoern Goosses. 

Thrash Is Just The Beginning

From the HOLY DRAGONS album "Dragon Inferno" released in October 2014.

Holy Dragons - Hollow Man

"Iron of the Steppes" is a lyrical tribute to the rise and dominance of the Mongol Empire under Genghis Khan. It explores the brutal unity, unstoppable force, and fearsome reputation of the Mongol hordes as they swept across continents. The song portrays the Khan as a mythic, almost divine figure—an embodiment of ruthless leadership, destiny, and military genius. 
(NOTE:  I used google translate to get the Mongolian lyrics.  If they are wrong I tried my best.  I have the English translation below it.)

[start]

[Verse 1]
We ride beneath the blackened sky
Banner raised, no soul alive
Steel and fire in our hands
Born to crush and to command

From the steppe, the storm begins
Leathered skin and bloodstained grin
No fortress holds, no king defies
When the Khan sets fire to the skies

[Pre-Chorus 1]
No mercy shown beneath our hooves
Your fate is carved by crescent moons
We take the blood, we take the land
Kneel or fall to the iron hand

[Chorus]
Swear to the Khan, ride as one
Crush the weak, their end has come
No walls can hide them now
(Хүчирхэг хаан бүхнийг хардаг)
[The mighty Khan sees all]

Khan will lead, we will not fall
Strike like flame and take it all
Join or be undone!
(Байлдан дагуулах эзэнд захирагдах!)
[Submit to the ruler of conquest!]

[Verse 2]
From birth we ride, from dust we rise
Steppe-born wrath in silent eyes
Chosen not by gold or name
Only valor feeds the flame

The clans once torn are now one blade
Sharpened for the wars we've made
Nature calls us, wild and free
The earth itself commands our siege

[Pre-Chorus 2]
He speaks, and lightning cracks the sky
A god of war, none question why
One empire forged by blood and steel
Bend the world beneath our heels

[Chorus]
Swear to the Khan, ride as one
Crush the weak, their end has come
No walls can hide them now
(Хүчирхэг хаан бүхнийг хардаг)
[The mighty Khan sees all]

Khan will lead, we will not fall
Strike like flame and take it all
Join or be undone!
(Байлдан дагуулах эзэнд захирагдах!)
[Submit to the ruler of conquest!]

[Bridge]
Тэдний гэрийг шатааж, титмийг нь хугал
[Burn their homes, break their crown]
Тэдний удам угсааг газар нураа
[Tear their lineage to the ground]
Тэдний хөвгүүдийг ав, алтыг нь ав
[Take their sons, take their gold]
Бидний нэрийг хөлдөөсөн чулуунд сийлээрэй
[Carve our names in frozen stone]

Хэн ч хайрлахгүй, хэн ч уйлахгүй
[None shall love, none shall weep]
Манай адуунууд нойроо дарж байхад
[When our horses crush their sleep]
Бид ясанд ороосон аянга
[We are thunder wrapped in bone]
Гавлын сэнтий рүү алхаж байна
[Marching to a throne of skulls]

[Pre-Chorus 1]
No mercy shown beneath our hooves
Your fate is carved by crescent moons
We take the blood, we take the land
Kneel or fall to the iron hand

[Chorus]
Swear to the Khan, ride as one
Crush the weak, their end has come
No walls can hide them now
(Хүчирхэг хаан бүхнийг хардаг)
[The mighty Khan sees all]

Khan will lead, we will not fall
Strike like flame and take it all
He will conquer every sun
(Хаан дэлхийг бүхэлд нь захирна)
[The Khan shall rule the world entire]

Iron of the Steppes

Lyrics: 
I'm on a 
Mission to 
Bring out all of the light

Every last 
Little glimpse 
Hold on with all your might

I will not see the world 
See the world decay 
Controlling all the love 
All the light 
Every day

I will not see the world 
See the world decay 
We all fall down and 
We crash and burn 
Headlocked again 
We're standing still 
Again

Can't always seems to find 
Your captured light inside 
To fuel mine

I will not see the world 
See the world decay 
We all fall down and 
We crash and burn 
Headlocked again 
We're standing still Again

All overrun 
It has begun I will be the one
Crawling out 
It has begun, Again

I will not see the world 
See the world decay 
We all fall down and 
We crash and burn 
Headlocked again 
We're standing still Again

Join Us

Headlocked

The fire’s low, the night is still,
Soft whispers float across the hill.
His heart beats wild beneath the stars,
But morning breaks and he'll be far.
Promises made under moonlit skies,
Fade away at daylight’s rise.
It’s getting late as the sun goes down,
In the western skies behind this old town.
He fears the sun and he knows why,
At sun up he knows he has to say goodbye.
He’ll hold her in his arms all night long,
But the cowboy always rides at dawn.
Boots by the door, saddle in place,
He’s a drifter born to chase.
Memories like dust to wipe away,
Blown away with the break of day.
She’s the reason he longs to stay,
But the road’s the one that pulls him away.
It’s getting late as the sun goes down,
In the western skies behind this old town.
He fears the sun and he knows why,
At sun up he knows he has to say goodbye.
He’ll hold her in his arms all night long,
But the cowboy always rides at dawn.
One more kiss, one last embrace,
Before the dawn steals his face.
A restless soul, forgotten in time,
Forever on the run from that eastern light.
It’s getting late as the sun goes down,
In the western skies behind this old town.
He fears the sun and he knows why,
At sun up he knows he has to say goodbye.
He’ll hold her in his arms all night long,
But the cowboy always rides at dawn.
Yeah, the cowboy always rides at dawn...

The Cowboy

Track: She Sings, I Kill
Band: SCORPION CHILD

Out now on NUCLEAR BLAST

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SCORPION CHILD - She Sings, I Kill

Taken from the album »Sermon« (Releasedate: 01.11.2019)

Sermon

Get the album here!

Une Misère - Sermon

Metal Blade Records history by Dan Slessor:
Founded upon owner Brian Slagel's enduring drive to find great bands and get their music out to as many people as possible, since 1982 Metal Blade has brought wave after wave of powerful, innovative, and often genre-defining music to the ever-hungry metal masses. It is this ethos that has seen Metal Blade build up a stunning and diverse catalogue, weather the various storms facing any independent label, and in an age of declining record sales boast the most successful years of its existence as it strides into its fourth decade.

What perhaps makes this achievement all the more notable is the fact that Slagel never even intended to start a label. Working in an LA record store and writing for various publications, Slagel was acutely aware that many great bands in the local metal scene were being ignored, and he decided to release a compilation of tracks drawn from these ranks. "There were a lot of really good bands and I was just bummed out that nobody could hear them. It just seemed like I could help them out and have some fun at the same time, and that compilation was the first Metal Massacre," he states. Collating tracks from then unknown bands including Ratt, Bitch, Cirith Ungol, and Metallica amongst others, the compilation sold out immediately. "How important is Metal Blade to our career? They're only the reason we are enjoying the worldwide success we have today," states Metallica's James Hetfield. "Without Brian's openness to some raunchy teens with a crap sounding cassette tape we would be who knows where, and playing who knows what!" With the popularity of the tape spurring Slagel on, the first seeds of Metal Blade were sown. "After the success of those compilations I just started putting out records of bands that I was friends with, but without ever really intending it to be a label at all," he explains. "After I put out four or five releases I started to feel like something was happening, and I decided to quit the record store and quit college and see where it went."

Battling through the first few lean years, when the label consisted solely of Slagel working out of his mom's poorly ventilated garage in the San Fernando Valley, it gradually grew in both revenue and stature. Within a few years Metal Blade would go on to release the debuts of Slayer, Armored Saint, Trouble, and Corrosion Of Conformity amongst others, fanning the flames of the burgeoning metal scene and launching careers of bands that would go onto reap global success. "Without Metal Blade, there is a damn good chance we never would've made it out of L.A," says Slayer's Kerry King. "That was the one bit of luck we needed. You can be the most awesome band on the scene, and if no one notices you, you don't catch on. And Brian Slagel is still one of the biggest metalheads I know!" This genuine love and devotion to metal is central to the relationship many of the artists have with Metal Blade, and King Diamond credits much of its relevance and strength to this passion. "I refer to it as having 'boots on the ground'," the mighty Dane states. "It's not like a major label where some people might be into what you're doing but a lot of them just see it as a job – there's a genuine love for metal there. Through staying true to that and doing their own thing they've carved out a very specific niche that they control, and as an artist it's wonderful to be a part of that."over the years. Clearly without those people we couldn't do what we do, and to everyone out there who has helped us along by being a fan we are so very grateful to you."

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