PUNK/PSYCHOBILLY. "Through thick´n´thin" is the second release from the upright driven Rock n' Roll monsters AL & THE BLACK CATS. This album is rough, tough, fast and loud. ADICTS meets DEMENTED ARE GO!

DEATH METAL. CEPHALIC CARNAGE return with the explosive new album "Misled by certainty," the long-awaited follow-up to their critically-acclaimed "Xenosapien", "Misled by certainty" heaps spasms of unpredictability onto their signature grinding Death Metal madness. The 50+ minute journey into Metal's most extreme realms sees these veterans take it to the edge before pulling it back with "Repangea", perhaps their most sprawling and epic work to date.

METALCORE. Indiana locals The CONTORTIONISTgarnered local attention through two self-released EPs and plenty of regional touring before recording "Exoplanet," which displays crunching, technical guitars akin to The ACACIA STRAIN and The RED CHORD.

METALCORE/POST-HARDCORE. From the foothills of North Carolina, DECEPTION OF A GHOST has really attacked the scene with a new mature, fresh sound. A collaboration of clean vocal melodies and thick screams blended with an onslaught of breakdowns and their triple harmony guitar attack is what shapes and molds their unique sound. Their freshly recorded album entitled "Speak Up, You're Not Alone" was recorded with Jamie King (Between The Buried And Me, For Today, He Is Legend).

PUNK. DEVIL'S BRIGADE are an all-star Punk group featuring Matt Freeman and Tim Armstrong of RANCID and DJ Bonebrake, drummer of X and the KNITTERS. RANCID fans have always cherished Matt’s deep Punk growl on his featured songs on RANCID albums, and now DEVIL'S BRIGADE brings his singing, Rockabilly-inspired bass slap, and classic Punk songwriting to the fore. With Tim Armstrong’s Duane Eddy lead guitar and the rock-steady rhythm of DJ Bonebrake, DEVIL'S BRIGADE offers up 12 songs that mix equal parts JOHNNY CASH, the POGUES, and Sun Rockabilly, in a combustible cocktail that will have fans slamming on this fall’s tour with the STREET DOGS. On tracks like “Bridge of Gold” with vocals by Armstrong, the band stretches out, adding mandolin and banjo to their sound, while “Ride Harley Ride” features some slinky vibraphone. With guest vocals from RANCID’s Lars Frederikson, thousands of RANCID fans will want to own this album, but with a national tour this fall, DEVIL'S BRIGADE will have a life all of their own.

METALCORE. Pittsburgh, PA heavyweights HERO DESTROYED discharge a beastly first full-length in the form of "Throes", "Throes" rains riffs down like ten-ton hammers, while imposing vocal might explodes with venom and rage across "Iron Lions", "Minions", "You Might As Well Go Plan B" and more. For fans of NORMA JEAN, The RED CHORD, A LIFE ONCE LOST, BURNT BY THE SUN, BOTCH, ABORTED and COALESCE.

PUNK-ROCK. Memphis is home to several of Rock's most endearingly off-kilter rock storytellers, from Jim Dickinson to Jeffrey Evans to Ross Johnson. To that list, one can now add Shawn Cripps, leader of The LIMES. On the band's debut full-length ''Rhinestone River'' Cripps retains the musical talents of HARLAN T. BOBO, who previously helped on The LIMES' ''Rock 'n' Roll Heart'' single. Bobo's hypnotic keyboards perfectly complement Cripps's gritty guitar work and vocals, particularly on "Sounds Like a Shimmy. "Rhinestone River'' also features contributions by Memphis scene stalwarts Ross Johnson, Paul Buchignani (Afghan Whigs, Bobo's backing band), Alicja Trout (Lost Sounds, River City Tanlines) and Bruce Saltmarsh ('68 Comeback, Porch Ghouls). "Rhinestone River" is the closest an American band has gotten to the pickled poetry of the COUNTRY TEASERS.

HARDCORE-PUNK. The German Hardcore-Punk legends are back! "A Columbus feeling" is the first new SPERMBIRDS album in six years! In almost original line-up. Only guitar player Frank quit three years ago. To tie in with the release of "A Columbus feeling" the band will tour all over mainland Europe as a double headliner with YOUTH OF TODAY! The release of a new SPERMBIRDS album is always something special, and "A Columbus feeling" is everything you’d want from the SPERMBIRDS – and more! This is classic SPERMBIRDS!! The vinyl version features a bonus track not on the CD plus a download code of the entire album!

STREETPUNK. Mike McColgan, frontman, singer and songwriter for Boston’s beloved Punkrock quintet STREET DOGS, has lived the life that other bands just sing about. As the founding frontman of DROPKICK MURPHYS, McColgan helped bring his experiences as a Gulf War combat veteran to the uncompromising, working class sound that launched that band. But in 1998, following a family tradition, McColgan left the band and music to become a Boston firefighter. Four years later, he began jamming on nights off with some old friends from the Boston Punk scene; he found he needed the voice that only fronting a band could give him, and the STREET DOGS were born. Now, STREET DOGS are ready to unleash their selftitled fifth album, the follow-up to their critically acclaimed 2008 Hellcat debut ''State of Grace'', which critics called "a raucous and purposeful working man's ride" with “the kind of political streak rarely heard since the CLASH”. After incessant tours around the world alongside bands like The Offspring, Alkaline Trio, and Anti-Flag, and headlining tours in US and UK in support of ''State of Grace'', the STREET DOGS were inspired by the ferocity of their audiences to make a rabble-rousing, in-your-face Punk record. With only one song cracking the three-minute mark, McColgan and crew rail short and sweet, with topics ranging from union-busting and modern radio to information overload. STREET DOGS is anthemic, heartfelt, and positive, an answer to the dehumanization of modern life in the classic tradition of Punk from the CLASH and SHAM 69 to GREEN DAY.

METALCORE. Hailing from Atlanta, GA and emerging from the ashes of various local and signed bands, WOE IS ME isn't wasting any time turning heads and demanding people's attention. With their huge internet buzz and explosive live show the band soon caught the attention of powerhouse booking agent Dave Shapiro (The Devil Wears Prada, A Day To Remember, Chiodos) who immediately signed the band to his new label Velocity Records which is a label partner with Rise Records. The band's debut album "Number[s]" is set to hit the store shelves and the band can be seen on tour this summer with Drop Dead, Gorgeous, Sleeping With Sirens and more.