Five Finger Death Punch announced the European leg of their 20th anniversary world tour yesterday to be happening in the beginning of 2027 with special guests Lamb of God and support from Bleed from Within!
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Lex Legion, featuring members of the classic King Diamond lineup, unleashed yet another single from their upcoming self-titled debut album with ‘Gypsy Tears’ out with MNRK Music Group!
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NWOBHM legends RAven are kicking off leg one of their “Can’t Take Away The Fire European Tour 2026” next week!
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Evergrey unveiled the third single and video ‘Leaving The Emptiness’ from their upcoming album ‘Architects Of A New Weave’ out in June via Napalm Records! Catch them live next month at select festivals including Graspop!
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Finnish metal band Segmentia has reinvented itself and recently unveiled their first single ‘Before The Dawn’, now with a matching dark and atmospheric video, out with Inverse Records!
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Hard rock/heavy metal band Hell in the Club unveiled a video for the track ‘The Ocean’, from their last year with Frontiers Music released album ‘Joker In The Pack’!
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American heavy metal icons Armored Saint present their new single ‘Hit A Moonshot’, another taste of their upcoming ‘Emotion Factory Reset’ album out with Metal Blade Records in May! Catch them live this summer in Europe at festivals like Brutal Assault and Alcatraz!
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Upheaval Festival 2026 completed its line-up awhile back and it’s absolutely delicious, with headliners Gojira and Papa Roach and plenty of popular acts both from the US and abroad! Seems like a fest you won’t want to miss out on if you’re any bit close!
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Traditional heavy metal force Sulphur And Mercury unveiled their new single ‘Sulphur Eternal’, out now with Time To Kill Records!
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Finnish melodic metal act After Infinity return with sophomore release ‘Beyond Eternity’, out this Fall via Rockshots Records and unveils the first tracks with ‘King With No Crown’ featuring Paolo Ribaldini of Delain, Leverage and Seraphiel, and ‘Hands of Time’ featuring Aitor Arrastia of Metal De Facto!
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Album Reviews
Finnish heavy metal band Battle Beast just released their new album »Circus of Doom«, on which they perfected their usual sound while still adding a lot of new flavours into the mix. Definitely recommended.
Kyle Pfeiffer aka Blacklite District released a brand new rockin’ record that holds a lot of promise after getting his life back on track!
Cherokee delivers some old school hard rock and heavy metal vibes with their debut full-length ‘Blood & Gold’!
Join the Cult of Scarecrow on their debut full length ‘Tales of the Sacrosanct Man’ for some groove fueled grungy heavy metal, out now on Wormholedeath.
“At One with None” is an epic heavy metal album, masterfully achieved by the clear refinement in the songwriting.
After more than a decade the evil raiders of Blacksword have set sail again on their aptly titled sophomore ‘Alive Again’. Out on No Remorse Records.
The new Belgian metal outfit Shocker shows the decent amount of old school heavy metal they can produce with their own sound and personality!
The fourth album from Belgium’s combat metal unit FireForce is a really tasty slab of heavy metal!
NWOBHM from Latin America in 2021? Lucifer’s Hammer proves that it can work with their third album ‘The Trip’, out on High Roller Records.
Lists
2022 was yet again an exceptional year for music. After putting together the favorite releases of most of our members, we came to our editorial top featuring the latest releases from bands like Wolfheart, Muse, Ghost, Electric Callboy, Kreator, Malevolence, Heilung, Machine Head, Wiegedood, Psychonaut, Lorna Shore, Bad Omens, Sylvaine, Parkway Drive, Lamb Of God, Rammstein and Zeal & Ardor!
February has some great releases again, and we’re looking forward to albums from artists like Memoriam, In Flames, Paramore, dEUS, Mordkaul, Ulthar, Avatar, The Abbey, Insomnium, Host, Gorillaz and Heidevolk!
As usual, Mazen’s top albums are a mix of death metal, black metal and a touch of doom metal, heralding everything that is underground and extreme with bands like Phobophilic, Autopsy, Stormruler, Watain, Shape of Despair, Ars Hmu, Sedimentum, Chaotian, Trolldom and Immolation!
Steelchaos is back! If that is not reason enough to get yourself a ticket still, here are 5 reasons why you should still consider to go this weekend, including the exclusive Finland “Black Metal” 40 years anniversary show of Venom Inc.!
Week 37 brought us a bunch of wholesome, heavy and unique songs and videos from bands like Dust In Mind, SKYND, Lorna shore, Starbenders, In Flames, Vévaki, King Dude, Sahg and Electric Callboy. Go check them out if you haven’t yet!
The music industry is at it again at full force after the festival season with a massive amount of really cool releases coming out, just look at the number of our most anticipated releases for September have grown into and then we probably could have included more still. With new albums from Blind Guardian, Yungblud, Wolfheart, Slipknot, Starcrawler, Lost Society, The Hu, Vermin Womb, Vermilia, Bloodbath, Slugcrust, Electric Callboy, Innumerable Forms, Tribal Gaze, Gaerea and Graceless, it’ll be quite the month again!
Things are getting ramped up now that the summer period is at its end! Great releases are coming out soon and it showed in the past week with new singles from Slipknot, Gaerea, Alien Weaponry, Brymir, Orbit Culture, Suasion ft. Steffi Pacson and The Callous Daoboys that amazed us!
With the end of summer in sight, we came across 10 releases coming out in August that our editorial team has been looking forward to the most.
Helsinki’s renown metal festival Tuska is back and approaching fast! Let us tell you why you should be there with 7 reasons we’re pretty excited about the event…
The month of April brings us not only Spring in full bloom, but a long list of stellar releases. Here is a selection of those we’re looking forward to the most!
Photo Reports
From the modern metalcore of Signs of Algorithm to the death metal power of Baest and Vader and the epic doom of Candlemass — relive Day 2 at the Swamp Stage in our latest Alcatraz photo gallery!
Thrash, death, industrial, and classic heavy metal all came together on the opening day of Hellsinki Metal Festival 2025. Check out our photo report featuring Forbidden, Dismember, Fear Factory, and King Diamond! 🔥
Heavy metal legends, groove metal chaos, and theatrical brilliance — relive Day 2 at Alcatraz’s Prison Stage with Myrath, Nailbomb, Doro and Avatar in our latest photo report!
The Swamp Stage offered plenty to discover on Day 1 of Alcatraz. Relive the performances of Room13, Hypocrisy, Absu, and Abbath Doom Occulta in our latest photo report!
Day 1 at Alcatraz started with a bang… Blaze Bayley, SNOT, Wednesday 13, W.A.S.P., Mastodon and Kreator all took over the Prison Stage.
Super Wednesday at STARS IN TOWN rocked Schaffhausen! From local heroes ELLIS MANO BAND to the legendary ALICE COOPER, the night was packed with unforgettable performances. UGLY KID JOE brought ’90s nostalgia with “Everything About You” & “Cat’s In The Cradle,” while ALICE COOPER’s shock rock spectacle—complete with guillotine and powerhouse guitarist Nita Strauss—blew the crowd away. Rain didn’t stop the energy, and the packed Herrenacker square proved once again: this festival is pure magic.
From haunting doom to speed metal fury, La Morgue delivered another memorable weekend at Alcatraz. Relive performances by Frayle, Messa, Knife, and Cult of Scarecrow in our latest photo report! 🔥
TollRock 2025 Day 1 was not only blessed with wonderful weather but with an impressive line-up on the first day. Starting with Lost Sanity (TollRockerz Band Contest Winner 2024), followed by April Art, Emil Bulls, Fiddlers Green, Skindred and Rock Rising gave an impressive list of artists. The audience was thrilled by the great live performances of all bands on stage. The expectations for day 2 have been raised to an almost unbeatable level.
Day two of Tuhdimmat Tahdit brought Michael Monroe, Moon Shot, Black Devils, Hardcore Superstar, Turmion Kätilöt, Battle Beast and the legendary Blind Guardian to Tampere’s Eteläpuisto on the second day and was great yet again! We surely will be back at this festival in the future.
We, yet again, had a blast enjoying this year’s edition of Tuhdimmat Tahdit, which brought Finntroll, Kilpi, Mustasch, Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus, Lordi, Amaranthe and HammerFall to Tampere’s Eteläpuisto on the first day!
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