Peaceville Records

One of the early death metal acts, & no stranger to controversy over the years, Autopsy formed in 1987 in San Francisco, & released 4 albums on Peaceville Records before disbanding in 1995 & going on to form Abscess. The band notably...

A rare and ferocious rehearsal from the Mayhem archive from 1989, including the feted early line-up and classics such as Freezing Moon, Funeral Fog and Deathcrush.    Out From The Dark is a chance to hear tracks from the...

Swedish act Therion originated in the late 1980s. Following a couple of demos in 1989, the band’s style evolved out of an effective and raw mix of Thrash/Death Metal. The demo Time Shall Tell gained the attention of Deaf/Peaceville Records and led...

Akercocke spawned from London in early 1997 by friends David Gray and Jason Mendonca, who had both previously been in the underground Black Metal Band Salem Orchid. The ominous group of friends originally gained attention within the extreme metal scene...

Terminal Spirit Disease is the third album by Swedish melodic death metal band At the Gates. It was released in 1994 (see 1994 in music) and re-released in 2003 with bonus tracks. The band originally had wanted to record an EP of new material, but their...

Candlemass, formed by bassist and songwriter Leif Edling in Stockholm in 1984, are well known for its influential Epic Doom Metal sound, which itself evolved out of the masterful Black Sabbath.   Nightfall was the second Candlemass album, from 1987...

Panzerfaust, Darkthrone's fifth album was originally released in 1995 on the Norwegian label, Moonfog (the label previously owned by Satyr of Satyricon). The album was recorded similarly to their previous release, Transilvanian Hunger, in that it was...

This 180g black vinyl edition of Total Death. Total Death was the sixth album from Norwegian black metal legends Darkthrone, and was originally released in 1996. After recording the previous 2 albums at Fenriz's Necrohell portable home studio, the band...

'Transilvanian Hunger' is Darkthrone's fourth album, originally released in 1994. Written and recorded by Fenriz himself at Necrohell Studio, with Nocturno Culto later adding vocals, the album is a masterpiece of primitive monotonous black metal inspired...

Katatonia’s legendary 1993 debut album.   Recorded at Unisound Studios, April 1993 and released later that same year, the engineering and mixing was by Dan Swanö (Opeth).    On Dance Of December Souls, Katatonia...

My Dying Bride have been the leading light of doom metal since their debut album 'As The Flower Withers' was released on Peaceville Records back in 1992. Influenced by acts such as Celtic Frost and Candlemass, the band's heavy atmospherics have carved a...

Lost Paradise is the debut album by British heavy metal band Paradise Lost. Released in February 1990 by Peaceville Records, it features the band's early death-doom style.The album was re-issued in 2003 and included three bonus tracks. Tracklist: Side 1:...

Souvenirs was originally released on 24 February 2003 through the band's own independent label, Psychonaut Records. Their first since parting ways with Century Media, it was recorded at E-Sound, Loud and A1 studio's during 2002 and 2003 under the...

Akercocke were formed in early 1997 by friends David Gray and Jason Mendonca, who had previously been in the underground Black Metal band, Salem Orchid.    Following an accomplished debut, the band caught the attention of the Metal press and,...

A 180gm heavyweight vinyl version of Anathema's debut release, Serenades (from 1993).   Harder, heavier and darker than what followed, the album received glowing reviews - including Metal Hammer's 'Album Of The Month' - and, even at this early...

The Crestfallen was Anathema's debut release for Peaceville and contained re-worked tracks from the legendary All Faith Is Lost demo in addition to new material.    Although sounding very different from what Anathema became, The Crestfallen...

'The Silent Enigma', Anathema's second studio album, was originally released in the summer of 1995 and is the first release on which guitarist Vincent Cavanagh took over the vocal duties of recently departed Darren White. Where Darren's vocals were...

Classic second album from the Swedish melodic death metal pioneers – presented on 180gm heavyweight vinyl. Sweden's At the Gates formed in 1990 and the Gothenburg based group released 4 highly successful and influential studio albums before the band...

Californian gore metallers Autopsy burst onto the scene in 1987 with almost immediate infamy. Frontman Chris Reifert was already a well known force on the underground through his time as drummer with Florida's highly respected death metal combo Death...

Behemoth was born in Poland in 1991, formed by band mastermind, Nergal. The evolution of Behemoth grew out of early demos and studio recordings with strong black metal roots and atmospherics, into brutal extreme metal. They stamped their own identity on...

Zos Kia Cultus was Behemoth's sixth album and saw the band ascend ever closer to the top of the Death Metal hierarchy, with highly efficient execution & composition.     The brutal and complex riffs & structural twists would stand them...

Bloodbath's monumental second studio album of relentless and brutal Death Metal from 2004, featuring Katatonia/Opeth/Hypocrisy/Edge of Sanity members.   Considered an evolution, 'Nightmares Made Flesh' expanded on the melodic and technical...

2022 limited silver vinyl reissue of Bloodbath's 2002 debut studio album marking 20 years since its release.    'Resurrection Through Carnage' built on the foundations laid by the 'Breeding Death' EP, with a continuation of the...

'Survival Of The Sickest' offers no respite from the horrors of reality. Instead, Bloodbath’s latest and greatest album gleefully confronts the slavering ghoul lurking in the shadows, and treats him to ten songs of ripping death metal frenzy. In...