Machine Head experienced a renaissance with the 2007 thrashterpiece The Blackening, and after a long wait, Unto The Locust picks up right where they left off.
Iced Earth picked up Into Eternity screamer Stu Block for this album after the (second) departure of Matt Barlow. Like Ripper Owens, Block is a great fit.
Party thrashers Municipal Waste take you back to the good ol’ days of crossover metal with “The Fatal Feast” featuring Nuclear Assault’s John Connelly.
Krisiun’s no-nonsense death metal has earned the Brazilian band tour spots alongside Immolation, Nile, and Unleashed, and they’re still going for the jugular.
Finnish symphonic metal powerhouse Nightwish continue their planetary domination (they’re the most successful Finnish band in the world) with Imaginaerum.