Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa is the ninth studio album by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth. It will be a concept album in the same vein as its predecessor Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder; this time centring on the demon Lilith, the first wife of the Biblical Adam. Unlike previous historically-based concept albums Godspeed and Cruelty and the Beast, Darkly, Darkly will tell an original story. "It's about the resurgence of Lilith into modern society as a deity," Filth said. "There's a bit of Victoriana in there. Essentially, at heart, it's a nice gothic horror story".

Crystal Viper is a Polish heavy metal band, formed in Katowice (Poland) in 2003 by vocalist Leather Wych (professional musician, 1st grade) and her husband - Bart Gabriel (manager and producer known from cooperation with a bunch of classic Heavy Metal bands).

Star One is a Dutch progressive metal side-project of Arjen Anthony Lucassen of Ayreon fame. The music of Star One is heavier than that of Lucassen's progressive rock/metal opera project Ayreon and draws influences from seventies space rock and blends them with modern progressive metal. Lucassen explained that the songwriting was different in that Star One songs are built on guitar riffs whereas Ayreon songs stem primarily off chord arrangements. However, similarities still exist mainly in the song arrangements, the multi-layered vocals, and the ambivilant usage of synthesizers and Hammond organs as some of the main instrumentation.

During a violent thunderstorm, a family is awoken by piercing shrieks which summon the dead to rise again. Their lives explode in a blood soaked fury as they battle malevolent spirits, whilst fighting to save their souls from eternal torment with… the Banshee.

Ill Niño is a band from New Jersey. The band was founded in 1998, they had released a demo EP in that same year with Jorge Rosado on vocals and Cristian Machado playing bass. The EP was entitled El Niño, when they were originally called El Niño, after the weather phenomenon. It wasn’t until 1999 that they had officially formalized. After Rosado’s return to his band Merauder, the band held auditions for a new vocalist, but ultimately decided that the best decision was for Cristian Machado to step up to vocals.

Symphorce is a German progressive power metal band, originally assembled in 1998 by singer Andy B. Franck. He created the name Symphorce as a play of words, a portmanteau of symphony and force.

Rings of Saturn is an experimental/technical death metal band from Bay Area, CA. With a duel vocal attack of hisses and roars, a sense of mature and Progressive attacks on the structuring, and a blend of old school Death with new school Core as a foundation, this album just highlights what modern Death Metal can be.

Slovenia, located in Central Europe and on the Alps has brought their answer to the Dutch titans Epica, welcome the challengers known as Aperion, a Symphonic Gothic Metal octet, compromising of one of each positions: vocals, guitar, cello, bass, flute, viola, drums and the didgeridoo. Releasing their debut album in June 2010 was the first step for Aperion to great success and with this album in it's entirety, it fails to disapoint, come forth the new generation of Epica, bypass the 'Act Of Hybris'.

Formed in 1995, Wojczech have toured as often as possible, throughout Peru, Brazil, Southeast Asia, the US, Mexico, and Europe in recent years. "Pulsus Letalis" was recorded by Pierre Bernhard at Sessionstudio/Ostseerockstudio and mixed and mastered by Harris Johns (Coroner, Kreator, Voivod, Pestilence) at Musiclab. The album contains 12 tracks of high-speed manic chaos. Dissonant, monolithic walls of guitar on top of a tutorial in blast beats; monumental grind metal with a crusty edge.

With Polarity, the new full-length album from technical death metal wizards Decrepit Birth, let’s get the following out of the way immediately: the musicianship and sheer technical prowess displayed by the musicians in Decrepit Birth is hard to top, even in a genre known for the technical skills of the top acts. Unbelievably fluid guitar and bass work is backed up by exceptionally precise drumming, covering a wide range of tempos, throughout the course of the entire album. In short, Polarity is a tour de force of precise musicianship that, to the ears of this non-musician, ranks with the best performed in metal.

Madball is a New York-based Hardcore band that originated in the late 1980s, as a side-project of Agnostic Front (where Agnostic Front's front man Roger Miret would let his younger brother, Freddy "Madball" Cricien take the microphone on lead vocals during Agnostic Front shows).

"We aren't the most serious band in the world and we play stupid breakdowns for kids to go nuts to. This band is about fun first and we pride ourselves on all being close friends outside of the band as well. We don't try too hard…and thats what makes us different."

Since the formation of the band’s five-piece line-up in spring 2007, TesseracT have picked up richly deserved props from peers (Textures, Meshuggah) and press alike (Metal Hammer, Rock Sound, Scuzz). Following the release of their 2007 demo, TesseracT continue to cultivate a growing International fanbase, through well recieved UK and European tour dates and internet word of mouth. Their reputation of delivering jaw-dropping live performances has been furthered fuelled through appearances at Bloodstock, Hammerfest, Caos Emergente in portugal and the recent Hellfire 2 festival at the Birmingham NEC arena.

Coma is a Polish alternative rock band, founded in 1998 in Łódź by Dominik Witczak (guitar) and Tomasz Stasiak (drums). The name - Coma - was chosen accidentally. They tossed a coin to decide because they had an appointment for an interview in Radio Łódź. After winning the Rock Festival in Węgorzewo the band became very popular in Poland.