Modern symphonic metal act Beyond The Black rleased the new video single ‘Rising High’, out via Nuclear Blast! Catch them live at a select amount of European festivals this summer or early next year on their headline tour!
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Infamous metal pirates Alestorm batten down the hatches for new track ‘The Storm’, the last single unveiled before this Friday’s release of new album ‘The Thunderfist Chronicles’ via Napalm Records! Experience them live today at Graspop and this weekend at Nummirock, party guaranteed!
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Orbit Culture announced their new album ‘Death Above Life’ and unleashed the scathing new single and title track, just in time for their upcoming shows supporting In Flames and at festivals like Graspop and Tuska this month! The album is set for release in October via Century Media Records!
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The mighty Airbourne are back in the game with ‘Gutsy’, their first new song in over half a decade, out with Spinefarm Records!
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Gothic doom icons Paradise Lost prepare for ‘Ascension’ (out in September with Nuclear Blast) with new single ‘Silence Like The Grave’. Catch them live this summer in Europe at festivals like Graspop, Ilovaari Festival and Brutal Assault, or in Fall on their “Ascension of Europe Tour” with Messa, High Parasite and Lacrimas Profundere!
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Metal unit Sylosis have released a video for the vitriolic ‘Soured Ground’ track, taken from their most recent EP ‘The Path’, out via Nuclear Blast!
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Dragonforce surprise with an alternate version of ‘Burning Heart’ featuring Alissa White-Gluz right before they embark on the “Warp Speed Warriors Final Round – Europe 2025” tour taking them to some of our favorite European festivals like Graspop and Tuska!
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Rising Australian duo VOWWS released their new single ‘SHUDDER’ featuring Josh Freeze from A Perfect Circle and James “Munky” Shaffer from Korn, and another track from their upcoming album ‘I’ll fill your house with an army’, set for release in October via Out Of Line Music! Catch them live right now as support for Jerry Cantrell in Europe, festivals like Hellfest and Graspop or as support for the The Smashing Pumpkins show in London in August!
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Stray From The Path surprise released their final album ‘Clockworked’ on May 30 via SharpTone Records and unveiled a music video for the riotous track ‘Shot Caller’!
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In about a week, Soulfly is embarking on their “Spirit Animal Tour 2025”, taking their music through Europe for almost 2 months from festival appearances to headline shows, and they just recruited Chase Bryant of Warbringer to be their bassist for this run!
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Festival Reports
There was definitely no slowing down on the last day of Graspop 2025 with shows from Crossfaith, Heaven Shall Burn, Savatage, In Flames, Judas Priest and Till Lindemann!
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On the third day of Graspop 2025, we got served a quite diverse set of shows with Poppy, Soulfly, The Dead Daisies, Bullet For My Valentine, The Hu and Airbourne!
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On the second day of Graspop 2025, our reporter there enjoyed the shows of Gloryhammers, Falling In Reverse, Me First & The Gimme Gimmes, Skillet and of course metal greats Slipknot bringing their show for the 9th time to the holy grounds of Dessel!
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The first day of Graspop was filled with amazing power metal from Powerwolf, Beast In Black and Warkings, nostalgia with Yellowcard and heavy metal legends with Iron Maiden for our reporter there!
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Album Reviews
On their new album ‘The Thunderfist Chronicles’ out since yesterday with Napalm Records, Alestorm show their skills. They are not only a lot of fun, but also very good musicians, bringing in a couple of surprises along the journey! Those who see them at Nummirock today, have fun!
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Behemoth returns with their killer 13th album ‘The Shit Ov God’, at times taking us back to top albums like ‘Evangelion’ or even ‘The Satanist’. Let the satanic tunes free your mind. Out via Nuclear Blast!
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