Finnish rising black metal force Qwälen unleashed their latest single ‘Kiviä ja luita’ earlier this month, another track from their upcoming album ‘Veri Virtaa Edelleen’, set for release in March via Time To Kill Records!

Finnish hardcore unit Rats Will Feast are releasing their new EP ‘An Evocation’ in April via Time To Kill Records!

Dutch symphonic metal band Epinikion release new single ‘Run with the Wolves’, another track from their upcoming album ‘The Force of Nature’, out in February!

Black metal outfit Saille have signed with Non Serviam Records for the release of their upcoming new album ‘Forebode’, out next month!

The mighty Kreator have unleashed their highly anticipated 16th studio album ‘Krushers Of The World’ with Nuclear Blast and shared a video for the title track to celebrate!

Symphonic metal outfit Anthea unveiled first single ‘Phantom In The Masquerade’ from their upcoming album ‘Beyond The Dawn’, set for release in April with Rockshots Records!

UK progressive death metal outfit Cryptic Shift are to unleash ‘Overspace & Supertime’ album in February with Metal Blade Records and shared the single ‘Hexagonal Eyes (Diverity Trepaphyphasyzm)’!

German pagan metallers Wolfchant shared the new single ‘Lifeblood’ from their upcoming album ‘Echoes Of A Time Once Past’, out next month! Catch them live on tour in Europe with Ereb Altor, Skyforger and Belore in February, including a stop at our very own Asgaard!

New York death metal titans Immolation announced their upcoming new album ‘Descent’ to be out in April via Nuclear Blast Records and shared first single ‘Adversary’! Catch them on tour in Europe with Mayhem next month, in North America with Behemoth in April and May or this summer at Brutal Assault!

At the end of last year, power metal legends HELLOWEEN were taking their 40th anniversary tour through Europe and they lit up Schleyerhalle in Stuttgart, Germany with a jaw-dropping show. Finnish next generation power metallers BEAST IN BLACK kicked things off, before the main act unleashed pyro, confetti, and pure metal magic. A night of epic riffs and fan-fueled celebration!