Finnish melodeath outfit Re-Armed unleashed a first taste of an upcoming new album with the apocalyptic metal anthem ‘Lost and Cast Off’!

Last summer, we sat down with Johannes from Avatar for a short chat about how 2023 had been so far after their explosive opening show at Tuska 2023, how he experienced that show, and how he feels like the band is in its best form right now, ready to take over the world!

A selection of Jonna’s best captures of 2023, with pictures from bands Butcher Babies, Electric Callboy, Ghost, Glenn Hughes, Gojira, In Flames, Lorna Shore, The Hu, Ville Valo, Chamber of Unlight, Asagraum, Monuments, Sodom, Batushka, Blind Guardian, and Apocalyptica!

Finnish melodic death metal band Beyond The Hate released new single ‘Black Within’, featuring Katri from Numento on guest vocals and another track from their upcoming debut album ‘Darkest Times’, set for release in March via Inverse Records!

Century Media Records welcomes Sweden’s modern metal standard-bearers, Orbit Culture, to their roster for their foreseeable future in a worldwide deal!

German one-man extreme metal project Far Beyond signed to Prosthetic Records, announced new album ‘The End of My Road’ to be released next month, and shared a first single with ‘From the Stars and the Crescent Moon’!

Theogonia Records set to unleash the frozen fury of Finnish melodic death metal outfit As The Sun Falls with a new full-length album this spring!

A selection of Vaim’s best captures of 2023, after a long and grueling process of elimination, with pictures from bands like Battle Beast, Gaerea, Trollheim’s Grott, Avslut, Der Weg einer Freiheit, Amenra, Igorrr, Aesthetic Perfection, HIDE, SKYND, Ice Nine Kills, Utuk Xul, Rancid, Sick Of It All, Stratovarius, Testament, Michael Monroe, Volbeat, Hellacopters, Pensées Nocturnes, Amorphis, Biohazard, Killswitch Engage, Converge, Agnostic Front, Taake, Public Image Ltd, A.A. Williams, Butcher Babies, Clutch, Finntroll, Electric Callboy, Ghost, Gojira, Imperial Triumphant, Lorna shore, The Hu and Urne!

US metal outfit Darkest Hour are gearing up to release their new album ‘Perpetual | Terminal’ via MNRK Heavy next month, and shared another single with ‘Societal Bile’!

Powerhouse metal band Lutharo unleashed the new single ‘Reaper’s Call’, another look into what to expect from their upcoming album ‘Chasing Euphoria’, set for release in March via Atomic Fire Records!