Cruz Del Sur Music

15/12/2025

It’s “Top Albums Of The Year” season once again, and are we were very pleased to find not one, but three Cruz releases on Brandon Corsair’s list this year. Christian Mistress, Slough Feg, and Fer de Lance all make an appearance! Head over to Invisible Oranges to read the whole article:

https://www.invisibleoranges.com/brandon-corsairs-top-albums-of-2025/

14/12/2025

Despite it being Sunday and my absolute lack of photographic skills, it’s worth seeing how this new pressing of SMOULDER's “Violent Creed of Vengeance” turned out. It’s wonderful!

Thanks .official for the wonderful result!

05/12/2025

Cruz Del Sur Music proudly presents the third Greyhawk album, “Warriors of Greyhawk”. Get ready for eleven tracks of marvellous Epic Heavy/Power Metal with anthemic AOR tendencies!

“Warriors of Greyhawk” marks the debut of the new singer Anthony Corso, who also took on the role of recording engineer for the entire album at Peppermill Studios.

“This album is a return to the epic metal roots that we had on our debut album Keepers of the Flame”, says founding member Darin Wall, “it also features some faster songs where we explore our love for power metal, as well as some of the 80s AOR vibes we had on the last album “Thunderheart”.”

Coming February 13, 2026. Head over to Bandcamp and listen to the opening track "Ascension" now!

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11 track album

04/12/2025

"The use of lots of unorthodox keyboards/organs, psychedelic elements, spacey electronics, heavy riffing and splendid vocals truly makes this one of the most unique bands ever to emerge in the last two decades or so. It’s incredibly catchy, and every track on the album is equally good. These six guys, more than ever the odd one out in the contemporary Heavy Metal scene, have delivered a magnificent record."

WOW!
Thanks so much The Whispering Darkness - Tales from the Underground!

https://mausoleumgatemetal.bandcamp.com/album/space-rituals-and-magick

ClawHammer PR

Review of ‘Space, Rituals And Magick’, the latest album by Mausoleum Gate released on Cruz Del Sur Music

“For those who are not yet familiar with Mausoleum Gate, imagine yourself to take a rather rehearsal room with musicians from a wide range of different bands. Think of Jethro Tull, Pagan Altar, Count Raven, Burning Saviours, Warlord, Black Magick SS/Tarot and a lot of the more obscure bands from the NWOBHM movement like Legend, Dark Star or Quartz and more specifically Saracen, Sanctus and Marquis De Sade. The use of lots of unorthodox keyboards/organs, psychedelic elements, spacey electronics, heavy riffing and splendid vocals truly makes this one of the most unique bands ever to emerge in the last two decades or so”

Link to the full stories in the comments





Cruz Del Sur Music
Mausoleum Gate

03/12/2025

"A way to describe Mausoleum Gate would be to say that its Emerson, Lake & Palmer meets Black Sabbath. Or Deep Purple with Rick Wakeman on keyboards and Ozzy on vocals."

Thanks to Harbinger of D.O.O.M. for including Mausoleum Gate in their "Killer Picks" of November!!

Harbinger of D.O.O.M. is a music blog focusing on Doom, Trad Metal, and other similar music genres. Audiobook Showcases and Sword & Sorcery fiction.

02/12/2025

"What makes “Into the Golden Halls” stand out is that it’s not trying to be anyone’s soundtrack to a fantasy world. It’s not dressed up. It’s not sanitized. It’s a band working through their own sound in real time, letting the rough edges stay rough and the heavy moments stay heavy without polishing them into oblivion."

Another solid review for Æternia's debut album "Into The Golden Halls"! Cheers to Black Angel Promotions. Grab a copy here: https://tinyurl.com/4aymu7wk

Aeternia’s “Into the Golden Halls” doesn’t feel like some big grand statement, it feels like a band locking the doors, turning the lights down, and playing the way they’ve wanted to play for years. There’s no shine here, no high-gloss attempt to chase trends. This record lives in the ten...

28/11/2025

As our 2025 release schedule comes to an end, we want to thank all the fans and metal media for the constant support and trust in Cruz Del Sur and Gatesofhellrecords.
Also thanks to all the bands for making such great
music!
And finally thanks for our all partners, especially UGH !, SureShot Promotions and
ClawHammer PR

- Coming Jan 23, 20226:
V/A "METAL LOURD" LP (Gates of Hell Records)
the very first "NEW WAVE OF FRENCH HEAVY METAL" compilation !
Featuring nine of the most exciting, and still active, bands from the Hexagon.

- First 2026's release on CRUZ DEL SUR MUSIC will be announced very soon!






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ASTAROTH
CABALLERO
ZEYCRYDEUS

25/11/2025

To accompany the upcoming reissue of "The Long Loud Silence", we will be doing a limited run of official Astaroth T-shirts! 50 units will be available in sizes S-XXL. If you want to add it to your current Astaroth order, please place another through our webstore and select ‘bank transfer’ as payment method, and you will be contacted with payment instructions. There is no extra shipping fee for orders within Europe! WEBSTORE: https://tinyurl.com/mt3m3y7v

21/11/2025

Perkele! It's been one week since the release of Mausoleum Gate's new album, "Space, Rituals and Magick", and the praise has been piling up fast!

"An absolute discographic achievement!" - Forgotten Scroll

"Tracks stand unabashed, as proud, virile slabs of pure classic metal, performed just as the Old Gods intended." - Sentinel Daily

"Space Rituals and Magick is an artistic triumph for MAUSOLEUM GATE. It solidifies their reputation as one of the most unique and compelling acts in the modern traditional heavy metal sphere."
- Metal Invader

"A triumphant conquest of pure heavy metal majesty. (8/10) - Nattskog

"Mausoleum Gate has put it all together this time and come up with a great release for those into all the good things that came out of '70s hard rock and the early NWOBHM." - Metal Crypt

"Mausoleum Gate has retuned with a stunning listen. This is one of those bands that’s both highly nostalgic and fresh in equal capacity, and album number three continues to demonstrate all the different sides of hard rock and heavy metal that can be woven in." (9.3/10) - Metal Trenches

"Behind this gate lies real magic." (8.5/10) - Saiten Kult

"Mausoleum Gate once again prove themselves a memorable troupe in terms of songcraft, achieving tuneful results rich with personage and ear-catching choice of tone and timbre." - Mystification Zine

"Mausoleum Gate mixes occult seventies rock and eighties NWOBHM and gives it a truly unique twist."
- Rock Portaal

"The sextet delivers technically superb material that perfectly captures the spirit of the late 70s and early 80s. A strong album!" (8.5.10) - Time For Metal

"If you're into occult-tinged, melodic heavy metal, you'll find exactly that here. And it's top-notch."
- Kernkraftritter

"Mausoleum Gate mix and match their various influences into an enjoyable listen. Traditional metal injected with psychedelic and occult influences." - Heavy Music HQ

"Mausoleum Gate relentlessly pursue their own path and, with their third album, catapult us back to the eighties, when metal, sporting permed hair, occasionally took on obscure characteristics. That's precisely what makes it so incredibly fun." (11/15) - Betreutesproggen

"MAUSOLEUM GATE deliver a work that unfolds like a ritual: with sound, with spirit, with history." (8/10)
- Metal Division Magazine

"The seemingly eclectic mix works surprisingly well and pleasantly sets Mausoleum Gate apart from many other bands, giving them a unique selling point." - Metal Factory

20/11/2025

Next April Phantom Spell hit the road for the ✨Heaven & Spell✨ tour, in support of UK bards Wytch Hazel. They will embark on 9 dates in Germany, bookended by stops in Belgium and the Netherlands respectively.

🎟️ TICKETS 🎟️
https://dragon-productions.eu/artist/wytch-hazel/

14.04.2026 BE - Kortrijk, DVG Club
15.04.2026 DE - Stuttgart, Schwarzer Keiler
16.04.2026 DE - Essen, Turock
17.04.2026 DE - Lichtenfels, Paunchy Cats
18.04.2026 DE - Passau, Zauberberg
19.04.2026 DE - Halle, Hühnermanhattan
21.04.2026 DE - Frankfurt, Nachtleben
22.04.2026 DE - Herford, Kulturwerk
23.04.2026 DE - Hamburg, Bambi Galore
24.04.2026 DE - Kiel, Räucherei
25.04.2026 NL - Tilburg, Little De

20/11/2025

Very sad news today. It's time to support Cult Metal Classics if you can!

18/11/2025

MIDNIGHT SORCERY "Tales From the Dark " TAPE

Had the pleasure to meet these guys at KIT last April, very happy to see this great demo properly released on tape!

HMC private release, 100% official and made in collaboration with the band.
100 copies made (only 50 to be distributed / sold outside the club - the remaining 50 are only available through members directly)
Profesionally dubbed tapes with DIY, xeroxed J-card and A4 insert.
*** Only 5 copies available here in our store! ***
https://tinyurl.com/k25m72mt


Midnight Sorcery