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 AYDRA, pioneers of Italian technical death metal, have released a visualizer video for the song “The Day Of The Wedding,” taken from the CD reissue of the legendary album “Icon of Sin” available from July 24th via Rude Awakening Records. The album comes in a fully remastered version, expanded with four exclusive bonus live tracks. It is also the first limited CD reissue since 1999. Watch the visualizer video of “The Day Of The Wedding”:  Order “Icon of Sin”: https://rudeawakening-records.blogspot.com/p/distro.html A milestone of late-'90s Italian death metal, “Icon of Sin” is AYDRA's first full-length, released in 1999 on Sound Machine Recordings after the “Psycho Pain Control” mini CD (1996, Dawn of Sadness). Composed between 1995 and 1997 and recorded in 1998 by David Lenci, the album marks the technical maturity of the band from Italy's Marche region and their full entry into the canon of Italian death metal. Their stated influences - Death, Cynic, Atheist, Pestilence -...

AYDRA, pioneers of Italian technical death metal, are proud to announce that the definitive CD reissue of the legendary album “Icon of Sin” is available for pre-order from today, June 23rd via Rude Awakening Records. The album is now available in a remastered version, expanded with four exclusive bonus live tracks. Watch the visualizer video of “Lost Time Fury”:  A milestone of late-'90s Italian death metal, “Icon of Sin” is AYDRA's first full-length, released in 1999 on Sound Machine Recordings after the “Psycho Pain Control” mini CD (1996, Dawn of Sadness). Composed between 1995 and 1997 and recorded in 1998 by David Lenci, the album marks the technical maturity of the band from Italy's Marche region and their full entry into the canon of Italian death metal. Their stated influences - Death, Cynic, Atheist, Pestilence - are the starting point for a songwriting style that blends extreme technicality, melody and storytelling: ten tracks where every passage is calculated, bu...

RUDE AWAKENING RECORDS is glad to announce the signing of the Italian legendary band Aydra. AYDRA, pioneers of Italian technical death metal, formed in 1985 evolving from thrash roots into an increasingly complex and aggressive sound. After the acclaimed “Icon of Sin” (1999) and “Hyperlogical Non-sense” (2004), the band returned in 2024 with “Leave to Nowhere” - a powerful, modern concept album marking the definitive resurgence of their technical fury. RUDE AWAKENING RECORDS will release the definitive CD reissue of “Icon of Sin,” remastered and expanded with four exclusive bonus live tracks. Stay tuned, more info coming very soon!

Anticipation is building for “Live in Rome”: Heruka have just revealed a brand-new preview from their upcoming live album. The chosen track is “Peisithanatos”, originally featured on their latest studio release “Panacea”, a record entirely sung in Italian that further strengthened the band’s expressive power and distinctive identity. Streaming: https://song.link/mn73p9qrgbnnb “Live in Rome” captures the raw intensity and sonic impact of a one-hour celebratory set, recorded to mark the band’s 25th anniversary. The performance was conceived as a journey through their entire discography, featuring material spanning from their early beginnings to their most recent works. The tracklist reflects this retrospective yet celebratory spirit:     1. Intro     2. Zoryas - Emho’s Army     3. Amsarctra - Nekrom’s Rescue     4. Indarno     5. No Sun Dared Pass Our Windows     6. Takar - The Enigma     7. Peisithanatos     ...

A quarter of a century of extreme music, artistic vision, and unwavering coherence: HERUKA celebrate 25 years of career with "Live in Rome", a live album capturing the full ferocity and intensity of the band in their natural habitat — the stage. The release documents their performance at the Rome Carnage Extreme Fest held at Defrag in Rome, an incendiary night in which the band revisited their entire discography. The setlist was conceived as a true journey through the different artistic phases of HERUKA, performed with a power and cohesion that testify to the band’s outstanding form after 25 years of activity. "Live in Rome" delivers the raw sonic impact of the concert — relentless riffs and pounding rhythms — transforming the event into a definitive portrait of HERUKA’s live dimension. Below is the visualizer for "Indarno", one of the most intense moments of the show: https://youtu.be/r3CxPeuW0H8 Full tracklist: 1. Intro 2. Zoryas - Emho’s Army 3. Amsarct...

More than 25 years after its original 1997 release, Romanian cult Prog Thrash band PSYCHO SYMPHONY brings back "Silent Fall". Remastered and reimagined, the album is now available again—and for the first time pressed on CD via Loud Rage Music. Recorded in Romania during a burst of creative intensity and progressive spirit, it continues to resonate with fans worldwide. Band members share their enthusiasm about the reissue: “For us, ‘Silent Fall’ was never just a debut—it was a statement. An experiment in pushing boundaries, blending aggression with atmosphere, and searching for something honest and uniquely our own within the noise. Though born in a time and place where resources were limited, the vision was always clear. This re-release is more than nostalgia. It’s a way to bring the music to new ears, to give it the sound it always deserved, and to honor the path we started. With a careful remastering and artwork based on the haunting paintings of Étienne Sándorfi, thi...