This October, Island Records/Ume/Universal Music will release the 30th-anniversary, 2CD deluxe edition of ANTHRAX’s fourth studio album, “State Of Euphoria”. The package will consist of two discs: Disc One is the fully remastered album, all of the B-sides originally released in conjunction with the album, and “Antisocial” recorded live in London at the Hammersmith Odeon […]
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Iron Maiden To Release CD Catalogue
by Rue Morgue Records onThe Studio Collection Remastered will encompass 16 of Iron Maiden’s albums – to be released in chronological order in batches of 4 starting in November 2018. Titled The Studio Collection Remastered, they follow on from the band’s 2014-2017 vinyl releases, with the CDs featuring the same remasters as the 2015 hi-res digital albums. The albums […]
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Rue Morgue Records Sponsors Ballarat Blaze
by Rue Morgue Records onAbsolutely stoked to announce that Rue Morgue Records is one of the sponsors for the forthcoming Ballarat Blaze event. We are so confident that this is going to be a huge gig that we’ve put our name to it! All the info you could possibly need is at the Facebook Event page linked below. Check […]
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New Behemoth Is Ready For Shipping!
by Rue Morgue Records onBehemoth have unleashed a third single from I Loved You at Your Darkest, “Bartzabel,” along with an ominously blasphemous — and seriously NSFW — accompanying visual. The track falls in line with frontman Nergal’s revelation that the record will be fairly conceptual, relaying a cogent narrative throughout without explicitly basing itself on singular story but […]
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Other Bands Play, Manowar Kill!
by Rue Morgue Records onManowar have released LP re-issues of their classic albums Fighting the World, Kings of Metal, and The Triumph of Steel via Metal Blade Records. See below for an overview of all versions. Order now! Fighting the World (Clear Vinyl – limited to 1500 copies) Side A 01. Fighting the World 02. Blow Your Speakers 03. […]
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…And Justice For All Is Coming
by Rue Morgue Records onLimited edition deluxe numbered box set of …And Justice for All includes the album remastered on 180-gram double LP and CD, three live LPs, picture disc, eleven CDs + four DVDs featuring unreleased content, MP3 download card of all audio, tour laminate, set of four patches, Pushead print, lyric folder and sheets, and a 120-page hardcover book with never-before-seen photos + stories.
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(Press Release) – Alice Cooper New Live Album
by Rue Morgue Records onFollowing the release of the 2017 studio album “Paranormal”, which was the best chart-performing album by Alice Cooper in decades, the American rock legend took his exciting live show all over the world, accompanied by “the best band he has ever had.”
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(Album Review) – Dee Snider: For The Love Of Metal
by Rue Morgue Records onHOLY SHIT! Where the fuck did this come from? For one, I had no idea Dee Snider was releasing an album after the cessation of (the mighty) Twisted Sister. Yet, here we are with a balls-to-the-wall, bonafide loud-as-fuck and obnoxious classic piece of modern Metal! Foot-stomping, fist-smashing, head-banging Metal that leaves most of his contemporaries […]
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The Record Store Love Affair
by Rue Morgue Records onHaving grown up as a child of the seventies, I got to experience the magic of the record store (and music!) firsthand! With a healthy diet of HR Puffnstuff, Batman, Star Wars, Evel Knievel and Saturday morning cartoons… the seventies was the absolute best decade to be a kid and a junior about to discover […]
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On Your Marks, Get Set… Go!
by Rue Morgue Records onI will be brutally honest from the get-go… when it comes to retail and starting one’s own business, I do not have a fucking clue. My venture into Rue Morgue Records is a road and path that will be fraught with danger and a steep learning curve. I cannot compete with the big boys. Not […]
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(Press Release) Ace Frehley: Spaceman
by Rue Morgue Records onSpaceman, features nine new original tracks including a cover of Eddie Money’s “I Wanna Go Back,” a ripping power pop makeover of the original. “No need to worry, I’ll be home soon, ’cause I’m rockin’ with the boys,” Frehley sings on Rockin’ With the Boys, which tells the tales of life on the road. Ace […]
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(Album Review) – Zeal And Ardor: Stranger Fruit
by Rue Morgue Records onOut of the blue, (or is that black?) came forth Zeal And Ardor a couple of short years ago, an act that is sure to leave one scratching their head in wonderment. Created by Manuel Gagneux when taunted by 4chan website posters who suggested to him that he combine Black Metal and ‘nigger’ (sic) music. […]
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(Album Review) – Ghost: Prequelle
by Rue Morgue Records onThe veil of secrecy that had enveloped most of Ghost’s career has now well and truly been revealed. Through a very successful period of three brilliant studio albums, a couple of EPs, a live album and a Grammy Award coming their way, Ghost were and are paving the way for Metal/Hard Rock music the world […]
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The Top 10 Albums Of 2017
by Rue Morgue Records onLooking back over my top 10 albums of this year the word diverse certainly springs to mind. Whereas in past top 10 lists the Metal genre is always greatly represented, mostly over-represented – this year some different flavours have crept in and taken hold. Maybe this is an act of maturing but Metal and all […]
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Ghost: Popestar
by Rue Morgue Records onGhost have proving they are one of the hardest working bands on the planet. With an absolutely gruelling schedule of non-stop touring it seems the extensive time on the road is beginning to take its toll. Astute Ghost fans will have already noticed that rhythm guitarist ‘Omega’ is no longer part of the band. Guitar […]
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The Twenty Greatest Metal Albums Of All Time
by Rue Morgue Records onWhere does one begin? Seriously, how does one even begin to compile such a list? I have thought about this many, many times over the course of several years and I end up frustrating the hell out of myself! I try to think back over a lifetime of listening to music and break it all […]
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