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Decapitated, Firtan, Vígljós, Voidspire and Usurpation to Inferno 2027 Five new artists are confirmed for Inferno Metal Festival 2027. We are talking Polish death metal, German and Swiss black metal, and two new names from the Norwegian death metal underground: Decapitated, Firtan, Vígljós, Voidspire and Usurpation. To order your 2027 tickets go to: https://www.ticketmaster.no/event/inferno-metal-festival-2027-pass-billetter/1169822446?language=en-us DECAPITATED Decapitated…

Credit: Chantik Photography Right before embarking on their upcoming North American tour alongside Imminence and Dying Wish, Portugal’s GAEREA unveil their new standalone track, “Shallow”. Atmospheric, introspective, and deeply emotive, the song arrives just as the days grow shorter, perfectly capturing the melancholy of the season. The band comments: “‘Shallow’ was written on the edge where…

Credit: Fundament Studio  This winter, Malmö heavy rock pioneers Deville return with their self-titled album – a powerful and wide-ranging record that brings together more than two decades of influences, experience and uncompromising energy. Formed in Malmö in 2004, Deville have built a reputation for their distinctive blend of heavy rock, metal and stoner. Since releasing their…

Stockholm-based atmospheric and melodic black metal project ISVIDD presents the lyric video for its released single “By the Other Side of Midnight.” Drawing on Swedish folklore, the track combines melodic black metal with symphonic arrangements and a dark, dreamlike atmosphere. Written by Björn and recorded with guest musicians, the song explores the world of supernatural…

Swedish industrial metal powerhouse PAIN, led by legendary musician and producer Peter Tägtgren, has unleashed a brand-new live video for their latest single, “I Don’t Give A Fukk”! Captured during the band’s performance at Full Metal Holiday in Mallorca, Spain, the video showcases the track’s explosive live energy as PAIN premiered their latest anthem in…

A Tribute To MAYHEM: 15 Underground Bands, One Norwegian Black Metal Institution Antichrist Magazine is putting together another tribute, this time for Mayhem. The album comes out on November 20, with 14 underground bands taking on songs from different stages of the Norwegian band’s career. There’s no shortage of Mayhem tributes out there, and picking…

Blistering Black Metal, fused with the sorrow of Doom Metal and the plaintive tones of folk instruments, will transport you to a mind-bending state. Only the flame of change can set your soul free – just as the ‘Smiarothy’ album can guide your emotions in the right direction. Slava Zima represents a new interpretation, a new meaning…

RELEASE YEAR: 2026BAND URL: https://www.facebook.com/manifestnorway/ When some bands seem to mellow with age, Norwegian thrash metal act Manifest clearly have other plans. With Nothing Left To Kill, the they deliver a furious, riff-driven assault that embraces the raw aggression of thrash and death metal while retaining the hardcore-infused intensity that has long defined their sound. Released…

Henrik Palm’s new album Idiot Plot was born from burnout, Sunday studio sessions, and the stubborn return of joy. It is his most psychedelic and unhinged record yet, and somehow also his most direct. Idiot Plot’s second single I Wanna Be Your Dork has been released recently. ”The album needed to open with a bang…

CURBZ are Peder Naustdal (vocals), Håkon Høydal (guitar), Andreas Espelund (guitar), Olaf Gloppen (drums) and Jakob Hagen (bass). The band hail from Nordfjordeid and Førde on Norway’s west coast. Photo credit: Chai Saedi  Meet CURBZ: The Norwegian newcomers turning heads before their first-ever release Their new music video, “Zhuggah,” is out now! CURBZ are signed…

Photo: Espen Sandengen Norway’s jazz rockers Krokofant still exists and are ready with their 7th album, aptly named “7”, to be released on the 27th of November via IS IT JAZZ? Records. The band was struck by tragedy last summer when drummer and best friend Axel Skalstad passed away, but guitarist Tom Hasslan and saxophone…

The project band SEVENEVES based in Stjørdal in Trøndelag is releasing the album Rush Hour Secrets on Apollon Records. The album will be available on LP and CD, and in addition, it will be accessible on all streaming services. The main force behind the project is songwriter, singer, and bassist Terje Craig. With a childhood…

Photo: Holly Shattock Photography SOUTH WEST UK ALT-METAL QUARTET SLEEPWALKER ANNOUNCE DEBUT EP & NEW SINGLE Cinematic modern metalcore outfit SLEEPWALKER have dropped their new single, Phantom Pain, accompanied by an official music video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAcyGu0tJeQ . The track is lifted from their incoming new EP, Vol I: Eclipse, out Friday 22nd January 2027. Listen…

LOOK WHAT HAPPENED ANNOUNCE NEW EP AND NEW SINGLE Brighton pop-punk five-piece LOOK WHAT HAPPENED have revealed their brand new single and video, Make It Real. Watch the video here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtNOLN1lEw0 . The track is lifted from their new EP, Weak Minds For The Weekend, on Friday 30th October. Listen to the band on…

WELSH HEAVY ROCK JUGGERNAUT PYROGARIC RELEASE NEW SINGLE Ascending Welsh heavy rock trio PYROGARIC have released their fierce new single and video, Bury My Soul. Watch the video here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ubf_imgTDW8 . Check out the band on Spotify at – https://open.spotify.com/artist/1Wgr2CIQEpIeMnBl3ssuGw . Originally a raw demo during the recording of their 2023 debut album Home,…

Something’s lurking in the shadows… DJEVELSORT returns with a brand-new lyric video for “Peril Of Freedom” — a track that has turned out to be one of the pleasant surprises of 2026. 🎬 Roger Johansen  https://youtu.be/xz-B29C1U6A?is=AybitjEmjoIC-YWZ DJEVELSORT – “The Forest’s Foul Embrace”. “Peril Of Freedom” album out on LP, CD and digital. Order here: https://dusktone.bandcamp.com/album/p…https://www.dusktone.org…

Johannesburg progressive and art-rock group capture their live sound on a new release following a six-year hiatus After a six-year hiatus, Johannesburg art and progressive rock group Atom Band return with High Seas Studios (Live), a release that captures the band’s dynamic, exploratory sound in a live studio setting. Marking their first release via Mongrel…

Nhope is a modern metal band from Charleroi, Belgium, formed in 2022. Driven by heavy riffs, a massive rhythm section and direct stage energy, the band develops a modern, dark and frontal sound. At the crossroads of modern metal, groove metal and more extreme influences, Nhope speaks to fans of intense, powerful and uncompromising music.…

Rodrigo Pagavino Releases ‘Velomorph’, His New 14-String Guitar Album, today October 22nd “Velomorph” is a musical journey through different sonic landscapes, exploring the possibilities of the 14-string guitar and combining progressive rock/metal, fusion, electronic music, experimental elements, and melodies influenced by jazz, pop, and Venezuelan music. Alternating between melodic, atmospheric passages and moments of great…

Devin Townsend releases video for ‘War Beyond Words (Live in Groningen) Standalone version of ‘The Moth (The War-Live in Groningen) out 6th November 2026Canadian metal maverick Devin Townsend released his long-awaited, ambitious, orchestral-metal opus ‘The Moth’, earlier this year in May. A new stand-alone live version of the album, titled ‘The Moth (The War-Live in Groningen), is…

H3LLBLAU is a Danish one-person project operating in the wreckage between sludge, noise and extreme hardcore. Ivan Børsting writes, performs, records, mixes and masters the music himself. The sound is deliberately raw: guitars like rusted iron, a pulse that refuses to settle, and a voice pushed to its limits. On the recent singles “Casualties Of…

Napalm Death, Master, Brat & Goat Burner Campaign For Musical Destruction Tour Part Two – presentert av Vaterland Vulkan ArenaOnsdag 11. November19:00 || 425.- + Avg. || Id:18 Men vent, Vulkan er jo ikke Vaterland?! Vel, innimellom får vi kloa i noe som rett og slett er for stort for den lokale pizzasjappa i Brugata.…

THEODOR BASTARD refuse to stay still. In the years since their last studio venture, 2020’s Volch’ya Yagoda, the world music pioneers were searching for a way out of the darkness that’s descended over our reality. The path that they discovered didn’t lead back to their home in the harsh northern forest region of Karelia but…

Slovak cyber metal band KHADAVER will release their third full-length album XAOSBLACK on 13th November 2026, eleven years after their previous studio album. Slovak band KHADAVER are set to release XAOSBLACK, their third full-length album, on 13th November 2026 via their own imprint KHADAVER INDUSTRIES. The album will be available on CD, Bandcamp and major…

Ukrainian act Vyr Muk is set to release a new EP, Crosses Above the Ruins, in their known style of black/death metal genre. With Crosses Above the Ruins, Ukrainian one-man blackened death metal project Vyr Muk descends into a landscape where death is not merely physical, but emotional, spiritual, and societal. EP will be avialable…

Foto: Christian Horne GOATMILKER er tilbake med en ny dose forfriskende upolert progressiv metall. Med flerstemte vokaler, svevende psykedeliske partier og et realt rifforama løftes bandets uttrykk til nye høyder! Tekstene på Gods & Monsters dykker inn i tematikk rundt menneskets valg og konsekvenser, med røtter i gotisk horror og science fiction. Musikalsk inspirert av…

Faith No More og Scorpions for første gang på Tons of Rock. Etter ti år borte fra scenen spiller Faith No More bare noen få konserter i 2027. En av dem er på Maracanã i Rio de Janeiro, en annen på Rock am Ring, og en på Ekebergsletta, der de headliner. Stadionrockerne i Scorpions, et…

The now-defunct lo-fi dark ambient project known as Vornoff ceased to be many years ago, but these past few years have seen a few archival releases compiling some of the group’s best and most noteworthy compositions from the murky past (albeit in remastered and occasionally remixed form) pop up on the underground radar. The third…

Luxembourg’s Heaviest — Fusion Bomb — are the Grand Duchy’s premier metal export. Since 2010, this quartet has been on an arduous quest to make Thrash Metal SLAM again. In 2016, they emerged from nuclear fission with an EP entitled Pravda, proving early on their unwavering dedication to the riff. Dave Mustaine himself deemed them…

Kreator have been a major force in thrash metal since the early days of the German scene. From the raw aggression of Pleasure to Kill and Flag of Hate to the more varied material that followed in later years, the band’s catalogue has given generations of metal fans plenty to remember, and plenty of riffs…

Romanian folkcore trailblazers Dirty Shirt proudly unveil their new single, “A Brighter Day,” the third release from their forthcoming album “Balkansylvania Vol. 1: Roots”, due for digital release in January 2027. Following last year’s “FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out)” and this March’s “Büntetö,” featuring Hungary’s Besh o droM, the new track offers another glimpse into…

Photo: Snorre A. Hovdal Trondheim’s progressive flagship Arabs in Aspic delivers yet another long-awaited release on the renowned label Karisma Records, marking their strong partnership with the brand-new studio album «Sorgens kapittel» on Wednesday, October 21st 2026. This will be a highly special and emotional release for the band. The album is being released on what…

With over 26 years, 8 full-length albums and performances in 40+ countries, GOTHMINISTER is regarded as “one of the most iconic gothic/industrial acts” (Terra Relicta). The new album is out today and for the first time, the entire album is fully recorded, produced, mixed and mastered by Bjørn Alexander Brem himself – delivering the raw…

Norwegian masters of True Norwegian Balkan Metal TrollfesT are back with another surprise! Following the release of their latest single “Claiming the Walk of Fame”, taken from their upcoming tenth studio album “Trollywood”, the band has now unveiled a brand-new alternative music video – this time created entirely without the use of Super Intelligence! The…

Fem nye artister er klare for Inferno Metal Festival 2027. Denne gangen spenner slippet fra britisk ekstremmetalhistorie og finsk grindcore til melodisk black metal og helt ferske norske navn: Carcass, Rotten Sound, Sworn, Nedgravd og Myrvandrer. CARCASS Carcass er et banebrytende britisk death metal-band som startet opp i 1986. Bandet har flere ganger vært med…

Foto: Birte Magnussen Sviir med nygammel EP, Oppussa Kjærlighetssanger – De beste fra enkle sanger … !  Sviir gjør homage til seg selv og gir ut de fem beste låtene (etter egen mening) fra førsteskiva, Enkle sanger om kjærlighet. De fem låtene det er snakk om har fått en reel oppussing hva miks og mastring angår og…

Dato Fredag 30. oktober 2026 Scene Rockefeller Pris NOK 350 – 400 + avg. Dører 20:00 Aldersgrense 18+ Event: https://www.rockefeller.no/events/witch-club-satan/CC7oHaqpCI Witch Club Satan feirer Samhain på Rockefeller! I forbindelse med kinopremieren av «Hex», dokumentaren som følger Witch Club Satan over to år gjennom sin eksplosive begynnelse, vender bandet tilbake til Rockefeller 30. oktober. Etter et…

UK MELODIC PUNK TRIO RETURN WITH FIERY NEW SINGLE & MUSIC VIDEO Newcastle based melodic punkers MONKIE MIND are back with their blistering new single and music video, Ignite, which is out now through Canadian label People of Punk Rock Records. Watch the video here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhXe7K5_kSc . Listen to the band on Spotify at…

Det er en stor glede å kunne presentere ‘Kver Tredje  time’ – en usedvanlig vakker perle fra Vamp. Øyvind Staveland sier selv:‘Spesifikt handler den om noen som mistet et barn tidlig i livet. For meg eller lytteren kan den handle om hvem som helst i nær relasjon. Det var det som traff meg når jeg…

Swedish guitarist, songwriter, and gear specialist Ola Englund officially releases The Neverending Story 2026, a 10-track solo album featuring his signature guitar work, a fantasy and retro-gaming-inspired concept, and a guest guitar solo from Jeff Loomis on “World Rift.” Known for his work with The Haunted and Feared, as well as his popular guitar-focused YouTube…

Photo by Francesco Esposito “PLUG AND PLAY” is the newest single from Italy’s MASTER BOOT RECORD. The track comes off the band’s impending new Computer Metal full-length, set for official unveiling on October 30th via Metal Blade Records. Comments band mastermind and multi-instrumentalist, Vittorio D’Amore, “Every MASTER BOOT RECORD album ships with one melodic anthem.…

Photo by Fredrick Francke DOMKRAFT release the sizzling track ‘Aurora‘ as the final advance single taken from their forthcoming new full-length “Night Songs“. The fifth album by the Swedish heavy psychedelic rockers is slated for release on November 20, 2026,via Magnetic Eye Records. The album isavailable for pre-order at THIS LOCATION.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oa9fXaJmORQ DOMKRAFT comment on ‘Aurora’: “This…

South African hard rock duo Perry & Blackwell close the Volume 1 chapter with “Psych”, a riff-driven statement about facing life’s challenges, questioning your next move and finding the strength to keep going when everything feels like it’s falling apart. Sometimes life throws you into situations where there are no easy answers. You can listen to…

THE PRODIGY IS COMING TO UNITY ARENA For the first time in over 11 years, the British band The Prodigy is set to perform a major arena concert in Oslo. On Saturday, November 14, 2026, the iconic band will take the stage at Unity Arena—in what will be their biggest headlining show in Norway to…

Billettpris 370,- +avg. Dørene åpner 19:00 Aldersgrense 18 Dato 13.11.26 Kjøp billett Event: https://www.parkteatret.no/arrangement/1349-2 Det Oslo-baserte black metal bandet 1349 kommer tilbake til Parkteatret i november! 1349 er ikke som andre band. De er ikke en gruppe venner som bestemte seg for å lage musikk sammen. 1349 er et band skapt ut av en felles…

Billettpris 320,- +avg. Dørene åpner 19:00 Aldersgrense 18 Dato 08.11.26 Event: https://www.parkteatret.no/arrangement/boris Kjøp billett BORIS vil feire 20 rosa år med deg og vennene dine! BORIS oppstod i 1992, men det tok dem fire år å riste av seg oppstartsvanskene. I 1996 stod bandet igjen Takeshi, Wata og Atsuo – samme besetning som den de…

Dato Søndag 1. november 2026 Scene Rockefeller Pris NOK 405 + avg. Dører 18:00 Aldersgrense 18+ Event: https://www.rockefeller.no/events/gloryhammer/7NC8JMFsXu Det britiske power metal-bandet Gloryhammer kommer til Oslo i 2026 på sin «Wrath of Kor-Virliath European Tour», og tar med seg både et splitter nytt album og et oppgradert liveshow til Rockefeller 1. november! Denne turneen markerer…

VIII STRADA – ITALIAN PROGRESSIVE ROCK BETWEEN HERITAGE AND THE PRESENT “Città Totale” – the latest release from the Milan-based progressive rock band Formed in Milan in 1996, VIII STRADA have been part of the Italian progressive rock scene for three decades, carrying its musical language into the present while constantly looking beyond its boundaries.…

Rouge Marlowe Opens a Dark New Chapter with One White Page Rouge Marlowe is an anonymous independent music project from Denmark, combining the smoky atmosphere of 1930s–1940s blues and jazz noir with the weight of modern doom, sludge and heavy metal. The debut album, One White Page, was released independently on 4 September 2026 and…

OVERWHELM Release New Album “The Bad Blood of Humankind” Italian old school thrash metal band OVERWHELM, from Sestri Levante, Genoa, have released their new album The Bad Blood of Humankind independently on September 20, 2026. The nine-track album delivers a raw and aggressive thrash metal attack, built around fast riffs, heavy rhythms, sudden slowdowns and…