Metal Blade Records have signed Japanese metal sensation Broken By The Scream, who are working on new music right now! Besides shows in Japan, they’ll be making appearances this summer at European festivals like Wacken, Summer Breeze and Reload Festival!

Modern metal trio REVERYA shared their latest single ‘Envy’ a powerful and emotionally charged track!

Mallavora released their new single ‘Lilith & Esther’ last week, featuring the ethereal guest vocals by Banshee! Another track unveiled of their upcoming album ‘What If Better Never Comes?’, set for release in March via Church Road Records!

Filth is back with their latest new single ‘Outta Pocket’, a first track unveiled of their upcoming EP ‘Welcome to Shell Town’, set for release in March with Crowdkill Records!

Czech band Severals unveiled their new chapter with latest single ‘When the Sun is Dark’, a beautifully haunting yet crushingly heavy track released with a completely self-created captivating music video!

Another year is over and our photographer Tom Treuten is still doing what he loves most: concert photography. Since October 2021 we’re a home for his photographic work and these are some of his personal highlights of 2025 that he hopes you’ll enjoy them as much as him, with pictures of VULVARINE, STEPFATHER FRED, ANKOR, DONOTS, WOLFMOTHER, THUNDERMOTHER, SKINDRED, TUK SMITH & THE RESTLESS HEARTS, SALTATIO MORTIS, PARKWAY DRIVE, MOTIONLESS IN WHITE, MOONSHOT, MEGADETH, KISSIN’ DYNAMITE, HELLOWEEN, ENGST, GATECREEPER, ENEMY INSIDE, DISTURBED, DANKO JONES, BEAST IN BLACK, APRIL ART, EMIL BULLS, ELUVEITIE, AVANTASIA, ARCH ENEMY, AMENRA, NITA STRAUSS, and COBRA SPELL!

Alt-metal outfit From Ashes To New releases their new song and video ‘Villain’ from their upcoming album ‘REFLECTIONS’, set for release in April via Better Noise Music!

Rap metal pioneers Clawfinger released their latest single ‘Going Down (Like Titanic)’ from their upcoming new album ‘Before We All Die’, set for release in February via Perception – A Division Of Reigning Phoenix Music!

Finnish theatrical metal band Endless Exam returns with their furious new single ‘Shut Up!’, out now with Inverse Records!

Alternative prog quartet Holosoil shared their new single ‘Spirals’ with a stunning music video, a track which will be part of their upcoming debut EP, set for release in April via InsideOutMusic!