Party.San Metal Open Air festival announced the first 27 bands for 2026, including Testament, Hypocrisy and Amorphis as top names but so much more with something for as good as anyone who is into the more underground and extreme metal! Ticket presales are live right now!

From the roots of Amon Amarth, Fimbul Winter strikes with their debut EP ‘What Once Was’, out in November!

French melodic death metal powerhouse Aephanemer strikes again with their upcoming 4th studio album ‘Utopie’, out at the end of October via Napalm Records and shared the opening single ‘La Règle du Jeu’! Catch them live in Europe with Valhalore, Dark Oath and Waldgeflüster in November, including a stop at our very own venue Asgaard!

Orbit Culture unveiled another single and video with ‘Nerve’, coming from the upcoming album ‘Death Above Life’ set for release early next month with Century Media Records! Catch them on tour in Europe this fall with Gaerea and Atlas, or next festival season with already confirmed appearances at for instance Alcatraz Festival 2026!

Darkness Surrounding deliver another impressive preview of their upcoming album ‘Is There Salvation?’ (out in a couple of weeks) with the single ‘Achromatica’!

Southern California quintet SPITE announced their new album ‘NEW WORLD KILLER’ to be out via Rise Records on Halloween and shared the new single & video ‘LIGHTS OUT’!

Hispanic metal project Impureza unleashed a cinematic music video for ‘Covadonga’ where the fiery flamenco dance embodies the fusion of tradition and extreme their recent album ‘Alcázares’ stands for! Out with Season of Mist!

Third studio album “Pain Effulgence” of Boston, Massachusetts death doom quartet Innumerable Forms is a crushing iteration of the classic sound of British and Finnish melancholic bands. Out now via Profound Lore Records since August 22nd.

Finnish modern metal outfit Bloodred Hourglass unveiled the last single ‘Chasing Shadows’ before their new album is out in October via Out of Line Music!

Prog death metal masters Fallujah are paying tribute to extreme metal pioneers Meshuggah with their music video for ‘The Obsidian Architect’, a track from their latest album ‘Xenotaph’ out via Nuclear Blast!