Diamond Head "Diamond Head (Japan, Spiritual Beast, IUCP-16245)"

Diamond Head is the seventh studio album by heavy metal band Diamond Head, released on 22 April 2016. This is the first album from the band to feature Rasmus Bom Andersen as the lead vocalist. The album reached number 15 on the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart.

Track listing

1. "Bones" 4:12
2. "Shout at the Devil" 4:04
3. "Set My Soul on Fire" 4:24
4. "See You Rise" 4:16
5. "All the Reasons You Live" 5:23
6. "Wizard Sleeve" 3:18
7. "Our Time Is Now" 4:27
8. "Speed" 4:07
9. "Blood on My Hands" 4:24
10. "Diamonds" 3:24
11. "Silence" 6:22

Japanese edition bonus tracks

1. "Kings & Queens" 5:22
2. "All the Reasons You Live (Orchestral Mix)" 5:24

The vinyl version of the album will contain only 10 songs due to the timing restraints of vinyl. A code will be sent out with each copy for a free download of the missing track.

All pre-orders placed before the 5th of February 2016 will receive copies signed by the band.

Official music video:

— "All the Reasons You Live"

Recording information:

Recorded at Vigo Studio 2015

Mastered at Metropolis Studios, London

Diamond Head "What's In Your Head? (Japan, Dingwall Music Inc., DWCR-1011)"

What's in Your Head? is the sixth album by British heavy metal band Diamond Head. This was Diamond Head's second and last album with singer Nick Tart and the follow-up to 2005's comeback album All Will Be Revealed. While the previous album was produced by Diamond Head's drummer Karl Wilcox, the band this time worked with producer Dave Nicholls, who has previously worked with name bands such as Slipknot and Stone Sour. This is also the first album to feature guitarist Andy Abberley.

The Japanese release of this album contained "This Is War" as a bonus track.

Track listing

1. "Skin on Skin" Brian Tatler, Nick Tart 4:07
2. "I Feel No Pain" Tatler, Tart, Karl Wilcox 4:50
3. "This Planet and Me" Tatler, Tart, Wilcox 4:56
4. "Reign Supreme" Tatler, Tart 4:58
5. "Killing Me" Andy Abberley, Tatler, Tart 6:29
6. "Tonight" Tatler, Tart, Wilcox 3:30
7. "Pray for Me" Tatler, Tart 4:24
8. "What's in Your Head?" Tatler, Tart, Wilcox 4:12
9. "Nothing to Lose" Tatler, Tart, Dave Nicholls 4:31
10. "Calling Out" Tatler, Tart, Wilcox 3:47
11. "Victim" Tatler, Tart 3:57
12. "This is War" (Japan exclusive bonus track) 3:01

Time:  52:42

Diamond Head "All Will Be Revealed (UK, Cargo Records, LW015-2)"

All Will Be Revealed is the fifth album by British heavy metal band Diamond Head. This was Diamond Head's first album with new singer Nick Tart and also the only album to feature Rob Mills on guitar, who was replaced by Andy 'Abbz' Abberley during the second leg of this tour - his first show at The Shed in Leicester, England in May 2006. This album was the band's first release since their 2002 Acoustic First Cuts EP and the first studio album since 1993's Death and Progress.

The album was recorded in 2004 and first released as a Limited 2005 Tour Edition for the band's European tour supporting Megadeth with the cover artwork depicting a solar eclipse. A second issue of the album was released in February 2005 by Diamond Head (Music) Ltd., which featured an interview with Megadeth's Dave Mustaine and a different cover of only the Diamond Head logo designed by Mick Payton. It was then released again by Cargo Records in October 2005. Lead guitarist, Brian Tatler has stated that the aim of this record was just to try to release a solid rock album with "punchy" riffs and no fillers.

The songs on this album cover a variety of topics from break-ups and divorce (Mine All Mine and Alimony) to alcoholism (Drinking Again). The album seems to tell the tale of a man who is over protective of his wife causing her to lose interest in him and ending the relationship, leaving him down and out and turning to drink. However, the band say this is just a coincidence and the songs were set out in order preference, starting with what they thought was the strongest song and ending in the weakest.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Brian Tatler and Nick Tart, except where noted.

1. "Mine All Mine" 4:06
2. "Give It to Me" 3:05
3. "Nightmare" 3:42
4. "Fallen Angel" 4:10
5. "Alimony" (Tatler, Tart, Karl Wilcox) 3:14
6. "Lost at Sea" 3:59
7. "Broken Pieces" 4:54
8. "All Will Be Revealed" 4:00
9. "Dead or Living" (Tatler, Tart, Wilcox) 4:31
10. "Drinkin' Again" (Tatler, Tart, Wilcox) 1:52
11. "Come Alive" (Tatler, Tart, Duncan Scott[4]) 4:49
12. "Muddy Waters" 4:35

Recording information:

Recorded at Great Linford Manor and Quills Studio. Mixed at Great Linford Manor

Destruction "Born To Perish [Limited Edition Digipak, Germany, Nuclear Blast, NB 4839-0/27361 48390]"

Born to Perish is the fourteenth studio album by the German thrash metal band Destruction. It was released on 9 August 2019 through Nuclear Blast. The album marks the band’s first time since 1999 that they recorded it as a four-piece band instead of three. It is also the last album to have founding member Mike Sifringer and the first to feature guitarist Damir Eskić and drummer Randy Black.

On 23 January 2018, Vaaver left Destruction "for family reasons", according to Schmier. He took time off in 2015 to be with his family following the birth of his second child. Randy Black would temporarily replace him until the band finds a "worthy successor". He was later announced as the band's new drummer. On 28 February 2019, Swiss guitarist Damir Eskić joined the band. This would become the new line-up for the fifteenth studio album Born to Perish.

In May 2019, when the album cover was revealed, Schmier spoke to the French channel Duke TV about the work on the upcoming Destruction album: "It's a process that took us three months - writing, recording and mixing. The new influence of the guys is felt, because there are more shred solos on the album. Randy is a very solid, very tight player - and very groove-y. You can hear it. This time around, we tried to make songs that hit the mark faster – the songs just hit you straight away. It’s brutal, but it’s very catchy. So when you hear the songs for the first time, you remember them straight away. Nobody writes an album like that every time. Sometimes you write songs and after a while you’re like, ‘Maybe this is too hard,’ because you want to be an artist, you want to express yourself. I think we’ve managed to write a really punchy album this time around."

Jay H. Gorania of Blabbermouth.net gave the album a 7 out of 10 and concluded, "As we all suspected, Destruction weren’t out to reinvent the thrash metal wheel. With Born To Perish, they’re just riding that wheel into hell, and it’s amazing."

Track list:

1. Born to Perish 05:20   
2. Inspired by Death 04:16   
3. Betrayal 04:05   
4. Rotten 04:49   
5. Filthy Wealth 04:01  
6. Butchered for Life 06:43   
7. Tyrants of the Netherworld 03:41   
8. We Breed Evil 05:16   
9. Fatal Flight 17 04:27   
10. Ratcatcher 04:02  
11. Hellbound (Tygers of Pan Tang cover) 03:38  

Total time:   50:18

Comes in a 6-panel Digipak with an 20-page booklet.

Nuclear Blast Mailorder Edition limited Bundle Digipak + Patch.

Recording information:

Recorded, mixed and mastered from January to March 2019 in the Little Creek Studio in Switzerland under the aegis of long time intimate VO Pulver.