From early ignition to full-scale eruption, Neckbreakker set the spark, Comeback Kid tore the room wide open, and Gojira turned a sold-out Zénith de Lille into something truly monumental. Innovation, intensity, and absolute commitment, this was Gojira on home soil at full force.

Brazilian extreme progressive metal outfit Abstracted recently delivered with ‘Axis’ another track from their upcoming album ‘Hiraeth’, set for release in February 2026 via M-Theory Audio!

Brutal death metal rising stars Stabbing unleashed the pummeling title track from their upcoming album ‘Eon Of Obscenity’, which is set for release in January 2026 with Century Media!

Finnish melodic death metal band Re-Armed returns from the shadows with their new single ‘Ominous Penumbra’, in their path towards their upcoming full-length album set for release in 2026!

Benighted strike with new single ‘The Spineless Freak’, out via Season of Mist and a way for the band to reveal their new drummer Matthias Biechler with a dedicated playthrough video!

The latest full-length album “Gateway” of Montreal’s death metal formation Phobocosm conjure an eldritch and cavernous style of death metal. Out via Dark Descent Records since November 28th.

Finnish melodic death metal band Horizon Ignited shared their new standalone digital single ‘The Catalyst’, out now with Reaper Entertainment and described by the band themselves as a mix of Korn and In Flames!

Tuska just delivered an early Christmas gift by confirming 13 more names for the 2026 lineup with acts like Pain, D-A-D, Gatecreeper, The Funeral Portrait, aurorawave and of course a bunch of Finnish names again like Swallow The Sun, Survivors Zero, Kallomäki and more!

Ancient Settlers has released a video for ‘Die Around Me’, taken from their recently released EP ‘Autumnus (Revisited)’, out via Scarlet Records!

Finnish metal festival institution Nummirock is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2026 and announced the first 12 names with Satyricon, Moonsorrow, Rise of the Northstar, Omnium Gatherum (also celebrating their anniversary), Immortal Disfigurement, Uada, and more!