Two months after our talk at Alcatraz Festival, we stepped back into the forest with Johannes Eckerström of Avatar to talk about their upcoming album ‘Don’t Go In The Forest’ (out next week October 31st), from disco death grooves and true crime commentary to piano-born love songs and the return of the metal circus among many other things.
In the beginning of the month, melodic deathcore outfit Sterilizing The Deceased shared a new video for ‘Recovery’, confronting inner demons on a track from their earlier released EP ‘Nothing’!
Melodic death metal heavyweights ARCH ENEMY are conquering Europe with their explosive “European Blood Dynasty tour”, and it’s nothing short of a musical crusade. To complete the total metal mayhem nights they have company from GATECREEPER (USA), ELUVEITIE (Switzerland) and AMORPHIS (Finland).
Frontiers Music announce the signing of Finnish melodic metallers Stråle, who have released their new EP ‘Reformation’ and a video for the track ‘Resist & Reform’ featuring Björn “Speed” Strid of Soilwork and Night Flight Orchestra!
Serbian black metal masters The Stone shared the first track ‘Kletve lovor’ from their upcoming album ‘Kletva’, set for release next month with Immortal Frost Productions!
Let The Answer Lies in the Black Void’s third album ‘Transcendental’ envelop you in an ethereal shroud of esoteric mystical doom. Out via Lay Bare Recordings.
German modern metal force Venues have unleashed ‘Duality’ as a first taste of their upcoming album and new era for the band. Out now via Arising Empire!
Alt-metal titans The Veer Union are back with their new single ‘Sunk Your Teeth In’, from their upcoming album ‘Reinvention’, set for release in February 2026 via Arising Empire!
Rob Zombie announced his 8th studio album ‘The Great Satan’ to be released in February next year with Nuclear Blast and shared a first single with ‘Punks And Demons’!
Belgian black metal icons Enthroned unveiled the title track from their upcoming album ‘Ashspawn’, set for release in December with Season of Mist!
