Pelagic Records has announced its first wave of artists for Pelagic Fest 2026 with post-metal legends The Ocean in their new formation, an ultra-rare performance by The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, full album performances by EF, Spurv and Lost In Kiev, exciting debut appearances by bands like Predatory Void, Preyrs and so much more!
Dark metal outfit Vlad In Tears released their dark Christmas track ‘Silent Snow Bloody Night’ via Metalville, the perfect song if you want to celebrate the holidays with some alternative music!
Post-metal outfit Coltaine released a new music video for ‘Mogila’, a track from last year’s debut album ‘Forgotten Ways’, released via Lay Bare Recordings!
Tuska just delivered an early Christmas gift by confirming 13 more names for the 2026 lineup with acts like Pain, D-A-D, Gatecreeper, The Funeral Portrait, aurorawave and of course a bunch of Finnish names again like Swallow The Sun, Survivors Zero, Kallomäki and more!
Blackwater Holylight shared the new single ‘Involuntary Haze’ with a mesmerizing visualizer, another track from their upcoming new album ‘Not Here Not Gone’, out in January 2026 via Suicide Squeeze Records!
Spanish metallers Wicked Leather shared another song with ‘She Is The Storm’ from their upcoming debut full-length ‘Season Of The Witch’, set for release in January 2026 via Lost Realm Records!
Ancient Settlers has released a video for ‘Die Around Me’, taken from their recently released EP ‘Autumnus (Revisited)’, out via Scarlet Records!
Sludge doom masters Tarlung are back with their new full-length album ‘Axis Mundi’ 5 years after the success of ‘Architect’, set for release in January 2026 via Argonauta Records!
Northern Irish atmospheric post-black outfit Domhain have unveiled the first track ‘My Tomb Beneath The Tide’, featuring Sarah Fielding from Darkest Era, from their upcoming debut album ‘In Perfect Stillness’, set for release in February 2026 via These Hands Melt.
With Kneel Before The Death, you get a Finnish deathcore band that slays everything on their path with their blackened and symphonic mindset. Their self-titled album is out now with Ranka Kustannus!
