Beyond the Gates have announced the final line-up and day splits for the 2026 edition. New names have been added: Electric Wizard, Blood Incantation, Marduk, Gaahls WYRD, Mortuary Drape, Whoredom Rife and Terrestrial Hospice. On July 29 – August 1, Beyond the Gates will be held for the 14th time, showcasing why the festival has…
Photo credit: Courtney McAllister Karnivool announced the latest single taken from their forthcoming In Verses album. “Opal”, the penultimate track on the album, is Karnivool at their emotive finest. The track has deep roots for Karnivool too. Guitarist Drew Goddard explains, “Opal pulls together ideas from some of my earliest days writing with the band. The riff in the middle…
HIGH FLYING UK METAL ARTIST DETAILS DEBUT ALBUM & NEW VIDEO ALFONSO CONSPIRACY, the fiery new project fronted by multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Max James, will release his towering debut album, The Explicit//The Exploited, on Friday 5th December across all major platforms. In the lead-up to the album, ALFONSO CONSPIRACY has dropped a video for the…
The visionary gestalt collective OSLO TAPES, led by Marco Campitelli, presents their mesmerizing new track “Pyramyd Shape” from the album “LÅST COMET”. Merging Tangerine Dream–style sci-fi glitches with tribal rhythms, the track creates a hypnotic, almost psalmic vocal repetition that feels both cosmic and ritualistic. “LÅST COMET” is an hypnotic voyage through ritualistic music, existential esotericism, obsessive grooves, and warped…
‘The Braids’ is the newest single from Romanian post-black metal project ‘Pâenil Era’. Incorporating progressive and post-rock elements, this new single explores the cyclic duality of time and how one deals with the weight of never-ending cycles. Pâenil Era is a post-black metal project from Timisoara, Romania. The name represents an anagram of the Romanian…
UK RIFF SLAYERS ‘DEATHASSAULT’ ANNOUNCE DEBUT ALBUM & NEW SINGLE Diverse thrash metallers DeathAssault are poised to unleash their genre-expanding sound, fusing aggressive riffs with towering, atmospheric soundscapes. The band will release their self-titled debut album, DEATHASSAULT, on Friday, 13th February. Ahead of the album drop, DeathAssault have delivered their explosive new single and video, We Will Remain. Watch the…
Sviir med singel fra kommendet album, 18 Til fest! 18 til fest, en låt om fredager og lørdager sett gjennom 90-tallets nostalgiske briller. 18 bjørnunger i påsan, Thåström og Ebba til vorspiel, og Black Sabbath til nachspiel. Planer, håp og forventninger om nye eventyr og nye høyder. Et romantisk tilbakeblikk på den formative tida. Energisk og…
Photo Credit – Damian Becerra Progressive rock band Little King has released the official music video for “Who’s Illegal?”, a standout track from their latest album, “Lente Viviente,” which dropped this past September. Known for their dynamic, melodic, progressive, heavy rock sound, Little King continues to push boundaries with music that is both sonically adventurous and socially conscious. Frontman and songwriter Ryan Rosoff…
Photo (c) Bas van Gelder Jan Akkerman in a live setting is a beautiful thing to behold, and on his new record, ‘My Focus – Live Under the Rainbow,’ you can absorb his technical mastery and tone, where it was born to live – on stage. The live album will be released on 12 December via…
Photo credit: Travis Shinn Lamb of God have released “Parasocial Christ” (https://lamb-of-god.lnk.to/ParasocialChrist), a relentless three-minute assault that once again pairs the Richmond metal titans with longtime producer Josh Wilbur. The standalone single follows “Sepsis,” which has dominated the U.S. metal charts for the past two weeks. The song arrives alongside a stark, desaturated video directed by Jon…
CARTOONS CAN’T DIE ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM AND NEW SINGLE! Rising UK heavyweights CARTOONS CAN’T DIE are set to unleash their highly anticipated new album, Rebirth, on Friday 6th February. But first, the genre-bending metallers have dropped their enticing new single and video, Kinslayer. Watch the video here and listen to the band at – https://open.spotify.com/artist/5cEIMcDNZTLuZ41eZoYJ9S…
AWARD WINNING ALT ROCKERS ‘ATTIC THEORY’ UNVEIL NEW SINGLE AHEAD OF PLANET ROCKSTOCK Liverpool alt groove rock band ATTIC THEORY have just released their explosive new single, Savour The Moment, via ThunderGun Records. The release marks an exciting new chapter for the band, coinciding with their much-anticipated performance at Planet RockStock, where they’ll share the…
Photo Credit: Michal Dudulewicz (Bang Your Head Live Photography) BLOOD RED THRONE – Release New Track From New Album “Siltskin”out soon on Soulseller Records Norwegian death kings BLOOD RED THRONE have released another song from their upcoming new album “Siltskin”, scheduled for December 5th 2025 via Soulseller Records. “Vermicular Heritage” is breaking necks here: https://youtu.be/JAVgEF2rplc…
Photo by Jason Zucco For more than three decades, Converge have delivered musical and emotional catharsis, putting purpose before perception and intent before interpretation. Whether it’s their 2001 landmark recording Jane Doe or their 2021 Bloodmoon: I collaboration, Converge have created some of the most compelling music, lyrics, and visual art of the 21st century.…
Since the release of The Continuum Synergy in early 2023, Norway based Håvard Lunde has spent the last two and a half years writing and recording the fourth album for his progressive MOONSCAPE project, which will be released NOVEMBER 21st 2025. A list of guest performers also appear on the album, as listed below. The new album Entity, Chapter III: A…
Det populære Rauma-bandet Ogras har allerede gitt ut et album i år, men denne uka gjør de noe helt nytt:slipper en helt ny låt med punkete julestemning på Punkebjartes Punkeplater / Diger Det rocka Romsdals-bandet har spilt inn den egenkomponerte singelen «Hey Ho (I Don’t Want To Go Home)» på hjemmebane i Gjerdsetbygda, med miksehjelp…
Inferno Metal Festival nærmer seg full plakat for neste års festival, og denne gangen har vi nok en kraftpakke å by på: Cult of Luna, Der Weg Einer Freiheit, Svarttjern, 1914, Sadistic Intent, Hulder, Zatokrev, Bizarrekult, Swartzheim, Gloombound, Angell og Raumer. CULT OF LUNA Cult of Luna har i løpet av de siste to tiårene…
Foto: Marthe Amanda Vannebo Med det kritikerroste albumet «MERCY» fra 2024 friskt i minne og en ny låtserie på vei, legger Torgeir Waldemar ut på sin største norgesturné hittil. Hele 26 spillesteder fra februar til april står for tur, der Waldemar inviterer publikum til et nært og intenst musikalsk univers. Etter gjennombruddet i 2014 har…
Back From The Dead marks a fierce new chapter for Cape Town’s We Kill Cowboys — a five-piece rock outfit known for their explosive blend of punk rock, grunge, and post-hardcore. Formed by tattoo artist and singer-songwriter Alex Muller, the band has carved out a name for themselves through their raw, high-energy sound and emotionally…
Following their exploration of conspiracy theories and spirituality on Flat Earth Rider, Oslo’s Suncraft return with their sophomore album Welcome to the Coven, a fast-paced genre party where one foot remains firmly planted in stoner rock while the other gleefully kicks down the doors of garage rock, black metal, and even pop punk. Amid this wild sonic ride, Suncraft…
