USA heavy/speed metal trio BAT will be spreading their blood-splattered horror through the world in a partnership with Nuclear Blast after just recently signing with the label!

German heavy metal/power metal unit Hammer King are back with a brand-new bombastic full-length! ‘König und Kaiser’ is set for release in March via Napalm Records and to celebrate the announcement, they unleashed the new single ‘Hailed By The Hammer’!

The British heavy metal juggernaut Saxon deliver an outstanding performance on the newest album “Hell, Fire and Damnation”. Musically, the veterans embrace their classic NWOBHM roots and show great ability to write mid-crushing songs. Out tomorrow, January 19th via Silver Lining Music!

Sum 41 announced the final dates of their worldwide farewell tour ‘Tour Of The Setting Sum’, so if you still would like to see these guys live, make sure you don’t miss out on the tickets!

The shred masters of Striker have resurrected that nostalgic 80s saxophone metal sound in their latest single and video ‘Give It All’! Another track from their upcoming album ‘ULTRAPOWER’, set for release next month!

Australia’s Aardvark brings the masses together with the biting forces of power and honesty of classic heavy metal with the single ‘Fight Back’, a track from their upcoming album ‘Tough Love’, set for release in March via Dying Victims Productions!

US cult metal band Ruthless revealed the new single and lyric video ‘The Fallen’, the title track of their new album that is out since yesterday via Fireflash Records!

While we are still regularly looking back at what 2023 brought us, we of course also need to look forward. So here is the first edition of our 2024 series of articles where we bring the editorial team’s most anticipated releases with Escuela Grind, Green Day, The Empire Strikes, Saxon, Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes, Static-X, The Gems, Lucifer, Manticora and Hiraes in January!

With Glenn’s selection of his albums of the year, there is a bunch of metalcore, deathcore, djent and some surprising entries with Thy Art Is Murder, Avenged Sevenfold, Within Temptation, Tesseract, Avatar, In Flames, Sleep Token, Periphery, Invent Animate, and Chelsea Grin!

UK heavy metal sensation Lesbian Bed Death signed with Wormholedeath for the release of their new album ‘Midnight Lust’ in March!