Paleface Swiss released the final single ‘Everything Is Fine’ ahead of the release in January 2026 of their highly anticipated ‘The Wilted’ EP! After which they’ll go touring all over Europe and be at festivals like Tuska and Alcatraz next summer!
Anonymous alt-metal newcomers No Love launched their debut EP ‘Are You Ready For More?’ and unveiled a music video for the track ‘Bad Habits’ to celebrate!
Dutch symphonic metal band Epinikion flows with the current in their second single ‘Lessons in Life (Are for Free)’, out now everywhere!
Progressive act Phendrana announce new album ‘Cathexis’ to be out in February 2026 and shared the title track with a mesmerizing video!
German darkwavers EFF revealed the new track ‘Negative’, the second to be revealed from their highly anticipated debut album ‘Zero’, set for release next month!
Libbianski announce their new EP ‘episode 1’, set for release next month and shared the lead single ‘Continue the Sad’, a genre-defying take on shoegaze and doom pop!
Progressive alternative rock band Trope released the stunning new single ‘SIGIL’, a track that will be featured on their upcoming double album DYAD, out in Spring 2026!
Symphonic black metal project Vesseles released their new song ‘Perpetual Chasm of Black Mirrors’, another track from their upcoming release ‘Home’, set to be out in January 2026!
Portuguese melodic death metal force Moonshade unveiled their latest single, an epic and emotionally charged cover of Stromae & Pomme’s ‘Ma Meilleure Ennemie’! The track will also be featured on their upcoming EP ‘Angels, Blood and Enemies’, set for release in February 2026!
Independent black metal band Profane Elegy has released their latest single ‘And Then We Are Gone’, another preview of the upcoming album ‘Herezjarcha’, out in January 2026!
Lycania just released their new EP ‘Lunar Lore’ on November 15. They deliver fresh symphonic metal with several fun collaborations.
Chris Maragoth has just released his new EP called ‘Depths of Despair’. Are your ears ready for the uniqueness of this album that combines classical music with gothic / melodic metal?
Shadow Of Intent is back with ‘Imperium Delirium’ and back to the deathcore side of the universe in its purest form, flavoured with symphonic compositions and some black and death influences, releasing their best work yet, completely independently.
In between full lengths, Finnish-Hellenic ensemble Aeonian Sorrow has birthed a new four track EP of resplendent funereal gothic doom. ‘From the Shadows’ is available right now.
“Through Veils of Time” is the debut full-length album from the former Mactätus member Mjolne, and offers one of the best symphonic and atmospheric albums this year, comes highly recommended for fans of 90s black metal.
Aeon of Awareness’ new album ‘Rarohenga’, named after the subterranean realm where spirits of the deceased dwell after death, according to Māori tradition, is an excellent result of the band expressing themselves through the music itself and the deeper meaning between the lines. Out independently this Friday!
Dyscordia’s fourth album ‘The Road to Oblivion’ is out since April, and it’s a true treat to the ear for any metal fan. Go check out this little musical gem of a great Belgian metal band and if you’re going to Alcatraz, make sure you catch them opening up the whole festival weekend with their hometown show on the main stage early this Friday!
At the end of last month, the Swedish metalcore legends Dead By April were finally back with their latest album ‘The Affliction’, another solid album that on the one hand surprises with some really cool collaborations with other bands and artists, but on the other hand doesn’t really bring in much new. If you’re a fan of the band, you’ll love this, though!
Tampere’s Everwave are giving us an early Christmas present, with their slow roasted second album ‘Another Lifetime’ which dropped on December 1st. They spiced up their existing sound with some new elements and took their music another step forward.
Chris Maragoth just released his first album, ‘Gatherer of Souls’. Some of the songs have already been released before, and have been remastered for this album. Some songs are brand new. This album contains mostly instrumental melodic death metal/modern metal tracks, worked on by Chris alone or together with other artists, bringing a lovely collection of melodeath-inspired modern metal tracks!
