Vintersea return with another fantastic song and video under the form of their latest composition ‘Become The Wave’! Another taste of the new version of the band and the beginnings of a new album!

Italian doom ensemble Ponte Del Diavolo released an official live video for ‘Covenant’, recorded during their appearance at the legendary Roadburn Festival earlier this year. Also a track from their debut full-length ‘Fire Blades From the Tomb’, released last year with Season of Mist!

Dutch black metal innovators Terzij de Horde released the second new single ‘The All-Consuming Work of the Soul’s Foreclosing’ and video of the upcoming album ‘Our Breath Is Not Ours Alone’, set for release in October with Church Road Records!

Finnish progressive metal band Royal Sorrow released ‘Survival Complex’, the last single and video before their upcoming debut album ‘INNERDEEPS’ will be out next week Friday via InsideOutMusic!

Impact

Friday night at Black Hawk MC’s Choppershow weekend in Belgium was all about live music, and especially local bands with Poseydon, popular cover band Impact, and most of all Hexa Mera hitting the stage with a farewell show. Their powerful set hit especially hard, knowing the band is stepping away after 15 years: a bittersweet but fitting send-off for a group that’s been so important to our scene and community.

Last week, Finnish modern melodic metal band Northern Genocide introduced their new vocalist Joni Parkkinen and released the new track ‘Roviolla’, their take on a track from the legendary Finnish pop rock band Gimmel! And they’re working on a new album to be released in 2026!

‘Borderland’, which is going to be released on September 26 via Reigning Phoenix Music, is probably the best album Amorphis have released so far. It takes all the best parts of their sound and refines them even more by adding in some fresh elements.

Headlining Tuska 2026 will be Bring Me The Horizon and Bad Omens, backed by a diverse first wave including The Plot In You, Blood Incantation, Queensrÿche, Kublai Khan TX, Malevolence, Soilwork, Rivers of Nihil, Ensiferum, Bloodred Hourglass, Majestica, Melrose Avenue, The Callous Daoboys and Neckbreakker!

We’re already getting excited for another memorable weekend of metal and alternative music in Helsinki! 3-day tickets are already available right now.

Which band are you looking forward to the most? Or still wishing for? Let us know in the comments!

TLMNTR

The final day of Tolminator brought madness till the end. Mordkaul, Brutal Sphincter, Milking the Goatmachine & TLMNTR, captured by our photographer Tom!