Mesopotamian metal pioneers Melechesh have unveiled their new single ‘In Shadows, In Light’, another track from their upcoming EP ‘Sentinels Of Shamash’, out next month via Reigning Phoenix Music!
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US death metal legends Monstrosity shared the official video for ‘Banished to the Skies’ the opening track of their recently released album ‘Screams From Beneath The Surface’, out on Metal Blade Records! Catch them live in Europe starting in a month or this summer at Brutal Assault!
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Swedish death metal outfit Sarcasm has announced their upcoming new album ‘Lifeforce Omnibound’ to be out in May via Hammerheart Records and shared a first track to celebrate with ‘Altering The Perception’!
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Extreme metal legends Nunslaughter announced their new album ‘Satanic Chaos Legions’ to be out with BLKIIBLK in June and shared the title track as a first single with a music video!
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Death metal powerhouse Rise Of Kronos have released their brand new single ‘Escalate The Rot’, another track from their upcoming album ‘Slaves Of Time’, out next month!
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Swedish old school death metallers Demonical posted a live video of the song ‘By Hatred Bound’, getting people ready for their upcoming tour that will bring them to a handful of locations in Europe, including this year’s Steelfest!
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A song about the deepest depths of despair – Finnish extreme metal band Saasta releases second single ‘The Envy’ from their upcoming album ‘Cesspool’, set to be out in May with Inverse Records!
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Hellsinki Metal Festival has completed its 2026 line-up with the addition of Paradise Lost, Carcass, Cryptopsy, Unleashed, Mawiza, Sanguisugabogg, Omnium Gatherum, Kalmah, Assemble the Chariots, Cyan Kicks, Tungsten, Sepulchral Curse, Orly, Horizon Ignited, Misþyrming, and VREID!
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Swedish death metal veterans Vomitory share their new single ‘For Gore And Country’, a track from their upcoming new album ‘In Death Throes’, set for release in the beginning of April via Metal Blade Records! Catch them live with Hypocrisy, Abbath and Vreid the same month!
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Frozen Soul shared their new single ‘No Place of Warmth’, featuring Gerard Way from My Chemical Romance, and the title track for their upcoming new album, set for release in May via Century Media!
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Frozen Soul, The Black Dahlia Murder, The Halo Effect and Heaven Shall Burn turned Stuttgart into the heart of extreme metal for one night: “HEIMAT OVER EUROPE TOUR 2026” entered the Porsche Arena. From crisp Texan death metal to a blazing German headliner finale, the four‑band assault delivered one unforgettable, hot and loud night.
The last stop, and no holding back. Cradle of Filth closed their “Splintered in Winter Tour” in Antwerp, with a crushing set from special guests and death metal legends Suffocation and a striking Belgian debut by the Australian misfits of Mélancolia.
From melodic to feral, the “European Blood Dynasty Tour” rolled through Helsinki. Arch Enemy with Amorphis, Eluveitie and Gatecreeper at Jäähalli.
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).
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.
The final day of Tolminator brought madness till the end. Mordkaul, Brutal Sphincter, Milking the Goatmachine & TLMNTR, captured by our photographer Tom!
The final day of Tolminator hit hard! From Milking the Goatmachine and Psycroptic to Hellripper, D.R.I., Oranssi Pazuzu and Ministry, the Tolminator Stage went out with a bang!
Before The Dawn was celebrating their new album at Tavastia in Helsinki, and brought fellow Finnish metallers Suotana and Devenial Verdict with them!
Sun, riffs, and chaos by the water. Day 3 at Tolminator’s Beach Stage with Whiskey Ritual, Tankzilla & Party Cannon, captured by Tom!
Day 3 at Tolminator brought doom, punk, and death metal mayhem with Ahab, Clockwork Psycho & Kataklysm, all captured by our resident photographer Tom!
Album Reviews
Michigan four-piece death-doom act Temple of Void returns with the fifth studio album “The Crawl”, showing signs of progress and an expansion of sound to encapsulate different forms of metal. This album is recommended for fans of Type O Negative and Hooded Menace and out via Relapse Records since yesterday.
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New Exhumed album “Red Asphalt” breaks the loop of recycling and extends beyond the loop of death metal mediocrity. Matt Harvey & co showed their craft by excelling in every way and managed to absolutely surprise the fans with a gritty and extreme death metal and bloody gore attitude! Out via Relapse Records since February 20th.
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On the fourth studio album “Necropalace”, Worm welcomes the listener to the nightmarish limbo of dread and fantasia where the floating spectral phantoms reside in starry realms guarded by mythical creatures and dragons that surround an imperial palace. Out via Century Media Records since February 13th.
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The second album “Advent of Wounds” of the Brazilian duo Fossilization, is ominously dark and resonates with sinister fury. The band returns after three years only to crush and prosper. Out since February 13, via Everlasting Spew Records.
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Poland’s extreme blackened death metal band Shine delivers a raw and aggressive metallic force on its debut album “Wrathcult”. The album is recommended for fans of Azarath and Vader, out via Dark Descent Records since January 30th.
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Canada is giving us Deadwood that blend death and black metal into ‘The Rituals Of A Dying Light’, out today with Innerstrength Records!
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The latest full-length album “Gateway” of Montreal’s death metal formation Phobocosm conjure an eldritch and cavernous style of death metal. Out via Dark Descent Records since November 28th.
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The fourth studio album “Viribus Unitis” of the Ukrainian war brigade 1914 continues with the conceptual theme of World War I. 1914 integrate powerful elements of blackened death, doom, and atmospheric textures. Out since November 14th, via Napalm Records.
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Costa Rican death doom outfit Perishing delivers a prime example of guttural death doom on their debut ‘Malicious Acropolis Unveiled’. Out via Transcending Obscurity.
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Melbourne based death metal brutes Vile Apparition return with the highly anticipated sophomore album ‘Malignity’. The quartet offers a classic aggressive delivery of Australia’s vile and monstrous death metal profanity. Out via Dark Descent Records and Me Saco Un Ojo Records since October 10th.
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