HEAVY METAL KILLERS NOW AVAILABLE IN NORTH AMERICA

HEAVY METAL KILLERS, the new compilation album featuring the very best bands
from the emerging "New Wave of Traditional Heavy Metal" scene is out now in
North America.

HEAVY METAL KILLERS features 13 new tracks from the best fresh, young bands
around, all of them sharing one goal - to bring back the glory days of heavy
metal! All of the songs on HEAVY METAL KILLERS feature good, old-fashioned
headbanging riffs and that rarest of talents in this age of growlers -
powerful, true heavy metal vocals. Released on the 30th anniversary of the
original NWOBHM explosion, this compilation shows that traditional heavy
metal is very much alive and well in the hands of a new breed of bands.

HEAVY METAL KILLERS includes such amazing new talents as ENFORCER, PORTRAIT and CROWNING GLORY.  it also marks the label debuts of new
EARACHE signings WHITE WIZZARD, CAULDRON and POWERVICE.

Radio is abuzz with excitement for HEAVY METAL KILLERS. The album hit radio last week and made #3 on FMQB's Metal Most Added chart. The album continues its stride this week, debuting at #30 on CMJ's Loud Rock chart, and #33 on Mediaguide's Metal Specialty Albums chart. Radio is not the only one holding excitment for HEAVY METAL KILLERS. Here's what the press has to say about it:

"If you've got a beef with singers actually singing, this ain't for you." - Decibel (8/10)

"This could pass as a comp of long-lost old school NWOBHMers." - Outburn (8/10)

"Earache prepare to inject new blood to the old school." - Kerrang (4 K's)

"This album harks back to a time when metal was just meant to be fun." - Ultimate-Guitar.com (8.7/10)