16-year-old rising force STORM and genre-pushing band Fixation joined forces and unleashed the track ‘Suffocating’, another taste of the upcoming debut ‘Join The Storm’ out in August with Indie Recordings, and a powerful reminder that Norway’s heavy scene is thriving!

Swedish death metal four-piece Puteraeon delivers an epic and raw kind of death metal on their fifth studio album “Mountains of Madness”. Out via Emanzipation Productions since last month, May 30th.

Finnish metal icons Amorphis released the first single ‘Light And Shadow’ from their upcoming new album ‘Borderland’, set for release in September with Reigning Phoenix Music!

Daron Malakian and Scars On Broadway announced their return with new album ‘Addicted To The Violence’, out in July, and shared a first video single with ‘Killing Spree’!

Gothic doom icons Paradise Lost prepare for ‘Ascension’ (out in September with Nuclear Blast) with new single ‘Silence Like The Grave’. Catch them live this summer in Europe at festivals like Graspop, Ilovaari Festival and Brutal Assault, or in Fall on their “Ascension of Europe Tour” with Messa, High Parasite and Lacrimas Profundere!

British metalcore act Shields return after over a decade with the new single ‘Abuser’, out via Long Branch Records.

Opeth present an official performance video for ‘§1’, while “The Last Will And Testament World Tour” continues with a series of European festivals like John Smith Rock Festival and Brutal Assault, a 2nd European leg in Fall, and Australia, New Zealand and Japan in November!

Metal unit Sylosis have released a video for the vitriolic ‘Soured Ground’ track, taken from their most recent EP ‘The Path’, out via Nuclear Blast!

Swiss doom/sludge outfit Zatokrev announce their return with their new album ‘Bring Mirrors To The Surface’, set for release in August via Pelagic Records and unveiled a first new single with ‘Blood’, featuring vocals of the the band Inezona!