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For the first time since it’s original release in 1985, the debut studio album from Danish thrash metal legends ARTILLERY appears again on vinyl. This time around the album has been fully remastered as a double LP with four bonus demo tracks/alternate versions added, compiling the full, original, Fear of Tomorrow recording session on one album for the first time ever. • Deluxe package features a gatefold jacket filled with photos, flyers and other ephemera from the era plus a two-sided insert featuring full lyrics. • WaxManiax.com exclusive - "Poison I.V." colored vinyl variant. SALE BEGINS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21st @ 1pm EST at www.waxmaniax.com

Thrash Anthems saw DESTRUCTION return to the studio in 2007 to re-record several classic tracks from 1984-1990, plus two new tracks “Profanity” and “Unconscious Ruins,” even acknowledging the first post-Schmier album Cracked Brain with a re-recording of the eponymous track. Long sold-out on vinyl, and commanding high prices on the collector’s market, Wax Maniax proudly brings this crushing collection back to vinyl ten years after its original release. • Available again on vinyl for the first time since it’s initial release in 2007, this Double LP collection from German thrash metal pioneers DESTRUCTION features 13 re-recorded classic tracks spanning the band’s first four albums and first EP from 1984-1990, plus 2 tracks exclusive to this album. • Album includes re-recorded DESTRUCTION fan-favorites such as “Bestial Invasion”, “Mad Butcher”, “Release from Agony” and many more, including “Cracked Brain”, the title track from the only proper DESTRUCTION album not to include original frontman Schmier. • Deluxe double LP package features a gatefold jacket filled with album covers, photos and notes from the band, plus a two-sided insert featuring full lyrics which were not included with the original pressing. • Waxmaniax.com exclusive clear/black split colored vinyl variant limited to only 50 copies. SALE BEGINS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21st @ 1pm EST at www.waxmaniax.com

A repress of VENOM "Skeletons in the Closet" double LP in a new color variant will be available tomorrow. SALE BEGINS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21st @ 1pm EST @ www.waxmaniax.com

Wax Maniax is very proud to bring the essential debut album from NWOBHM cult-metal legends CLOVEN HOOF back to vinyl! Deluxe LP package includes a full color insert featuring several previously-unpublished photos from the original 1983 album photo shoot as well as full lyrics and extensive liner notes by bassist and founding member, Lee Payne. WaxManiax.com exclusive edition includes an A2 poster featuring several more never-before-seen photos by renown British photographer David Peters - plus a bonus black vinyl 7" single featuring two previously-unreleased recordings in a picture sleeve. SALE BEGINS TUESDAY, MAY 2ND AT 1pm EST @ WAXMANIAX.COM ** First 30 orders will receive a colored vinyl 7" **

They are the black metal gods - V E N O M! For the first time ever on vinyl, Wax Maniax proudly presents this essential collection of demos, unreleased studio tracks, out-takes, alternate mixes and radio cues from NWOBHM / speed / black metal pioneers VENOM. Deluxe double LP package includes a full color gatefold jacket packed with rare photos and clippings from 1980 - 1985. SALE BEGINS TUESDAY, MAY 2ND AT 1pm EST @ WAXMANIAX.COM

ACID "ENGINE BEAST" LP [WM-55033] Release Date: January 20th 2017 For the first time since it’s initial release in 1985, the third and final full-length album from female-fronted speed metal pioneers ACID appears again on vinyl! Deluxe package includes a full color jacket and a full-color 12” x 24” foldout insert featuring photos hand-picked by the band, an interview, plus the conclusion of the liner notes from Classic Rock/Metal Hammer writer Malcolm Dome. Exclusive colored vinyl edition will be available to order from waxmaniax.com on Thursday, January 12th

SODOM GET WHAT YOU DESERVE DOUBLE LP [WM-55034] Release Date: January 20th 2017 For the first time in over 20 years, the sixth studio album from German thrash legends SODOM appears on vinyl again! This time around, the album has been fully remastered, with four bonus studio tracks added. Also, for the first time ever, the album includes the original cover photo that was deemed too explicit to use on the original 1994 vinyl release! Available for pre-order from Amazon now. Exclusive colored vinyl edition will be available to order from waxmaniax.com on Thursday, January 12th.

Our next pre-sale will start on Tuesday, November 22nd at 1pm EST. SODOM “In the Sign of Evil” MLP Waxmaniax.com exclusive “Witching Purple” vinyl variant also includes a bonus exclusive 8.5” x 11” sticker sheet. For the first time since it’s initial release in 1985, the cult debut MLP from German thrash / black / death metal legends SODOM appears on proper vinyl again! Deluxe package includes eight-page full-color 12” x 12” booklet packed with previously unpublished photos hand-picked by the band, plus liner notes from TANKARD frontman Gerre as well as SNAKEPIT magazine founder Frank Stöver featuring first-hand accounts from the early days of SODOM. First pressing of 1,000 features a laser-etched b-side. ACID “Maniac” LP Waxmaniax.com “Eye of the Maniac” Silver vinyl For the first time since it’s initial release in 1983, the cult sophomore album from female-fronted speed metal pioneers ACID appears again on vinyl! Deluxe packaging includes a 12” x 24” insert featuring photos hand-picked by the band, an interview, liner notes from Classic Rock/Metal Hammer writer Malcolm Dome, plus, for the first time ever - lyrics!

Pre-sale for the waxmaniax.com ACID "s/t" exclusive red & black splatter vinyl edition begins Thursday, May 19th. For the first time since it’s initial release in 1983, the cult debut album from female-fronted speed metal pioneers ACID appears again on vinyl! Deluxe packaging includes a full color jacket and an eight-page, full-color 12” x 12” booklet jam-packed with previously unpublished photos hand-picked by the band, an interview, plus liner notes from ACID authority and Classic Rock/Metal Hammer writer Malcolm Dome.

Pre-sale for the SODOM "Persecution Mania" "Nuclear Winter" blue vinyl variant begins exclusively at waxmaniax.com on Thursday, May 19th. Special bonus premium item available exclusively with this edition to be announced soon. For the first time ever, the second genre defining studio album from German black thrash legends SODOM appears on vinyl in its entirety as originally intended, with the addition of the tenth track from the Persecution Mania studio session, a re-recording of the early SODOM classic Outbreak of Evil. As a bonus, the original three studio tracks from the Expurse of Sodomy EP, also originally released in 1987, appear on vinyl again for the first time in 30 years. Deluxe packaging includes a full color gatefold jacket and lyric insert, jam-packed with previously unpublished photos from the Persecution Mania era, hand-picked by frontman Tom Angelripper.

Heads up to the metal maniacs in our midst... check out the latest offering from WAX MANIAX! SODOM "Obsessed by Cruelty" Double LP - Deluxe 30th Anniversary Edition - WAXMANIAX.COM exclusive "cemetery mist" vinyl variant available for pre-order on Thursday Feb 25th at 1pm EST.

Crawling from the grave on March 25th... SODOM OBSESSED BY CRUELTY DOUBLE LP ** 30th Anniversary Edition ** In 1986, SODOM unleashed two different and distinct studio recordings of their debut album - version one released by Metal Blade in the U.S. and the second released by Steamhammer in Germany. On the 30th anniversary of the album’s original release, both versions of the debut full-length album by German thrash pioneers SODOM appear together for the first time ever in one comprehensive collection. Fully remastered and packaged in a deluxe gatefold jacket featuring several previously unreleased period photos, this deluxe 30th Anniversary edition is a mandatory volume in any self-respecting metal maniac’s record collection. • Both versions of the legendary album being made available on vinyl again for the rst time since 1986. • Deluxe packaging includes a full color gatefold jacket and lyric insert, jam-packed with previously unpublished photos hand-picked by the band from the “Obsessed by Cruelty” era. • Considered one of the “Big Four Teutonic Thrash” bands, along with fellow German metal legends Kreator, Destruction and Tankard, SODOM have released nearly 20 albums with total sales of more than one million records. • WAXMANIAX.COM exclusive edition is available on "graveyard mist" colored vinyl and includes a reproduction of the original 1986 press kit! Pre-sale begins Thursday, February 25th.

VIO-LENCE "Eternal Nightmare" DOUBLE LP - Coming November 13th! Available on vinyl for the first time since it's original 1988 release and appearing in its entirety for the first time ever, in any format, the legendary debut album from East Bay thrash metal legends VIO-LENCE has been remastered with five bonus tracks added. Includes the previously unreleased album version of “Torture Tactics” - intended to be the eighth track on the album but omitted from the original release by MCA because of the extreme lyrical theme! Additionally, the band’s legendary four track “Mechanic” Demo is presented in its entirety and for the first time ever on vinyl. VIO-LENCE "Eternal Nightmare" Double LP will be in stores starting November 13th. You can pre-order it here: http://www.waxmaniax.com/product/vio-lence-eternal-nightmare-double-lp-deluxe-edition/