Helsinki-based death metal four-piece Malformed unleashes a solid and brutal record with ‘Confinement of Flesh”, tailored to meet the cadaverous old school style of Finnish bands. Out via Dark Descent Records.
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Danish melodic doom/death act Empire Drowns crushes with the video and single ‘Volcanic Funeral’, out with Mighty Music!
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The first day of Hellsinki Metal Festival 2025 had plenty to offer. From the infectious old-school thrash of Forbidden and the crushing death metal of Decapitated and Dismember to Fear Factory’s industrial precision, Old Man’s Child’s rare appearance, King Diamond’s theatrical horror show and an epic closing performance by Moonsorrow, the festival got off to a fantastic start.
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Modern metal powerhouse Dymytry Paradox signs with Reaper Entertainment and announced their new single ‘Red Sky Remains’ to be out in September!
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After blowing us away this past weekend at Alcatraz Festival, Gaerea is announcing to have a new home with Century Media Records and share the new single ‘Submerged’ to celebrate!
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At the start of this month, Papa Roach unleashed the official music video for the track ‘BRAINDEAD’, featuring Toby Morse of H2O. Catch them still on the remaining handful of summer dates in Europe with a show at Pukkelpop in Belgium this Sunday!
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Dave Mustaine revealed that Megadeth’s next album will be the last of the band and that a global farewell tour will be kicking off in 2026! A first single is coming with the pre-orders in about a month and a half!
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While we’re still trying to digest how crazy this year’s edition of Brutal Assault was, we’re already getting hyped up about 2026 with a first 14 names confirmed and they’re good ones!
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As has become tradition, Alcatraz Festival announced a healthy grab of confirmed names during this year’s edition, and the 21 bands they dropped are promising the 2026 edition to be hitting hard again!
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For the second day of Alcatraz 2025, our team picked out 8 bands we believe you shouldn’t miss out on with Myrath, KNIFE, Baest, Drowning Pool, Rivers of Nihil, Nailbomb, Caliban and Avatar! What bands are you really looking forward to for this Friday at Alcatraz? Let us know in the comments!
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