International power metal band Asterise released a new EP 'Twilight Opera' on January 16th 2026.
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Finnish Kuopio-based death 'n' roll metal band Funeral Home released their debut album 'Your Funeral' on January 16th 2026 via Inverse Records. With their debut album, Funeral Home brings together death metal & filthy death 'n' roll. Gloomy riffs, raw strong vocals and rock-ish groove make "Your Funeral" the perfect soundtrack to your funeral...
Finnish hard rock band is a project of five guys in their twenties, blending genres and mixing the new with the old. In early 2026, the band will release several singles leading up to their debut EP, set to drop in March.
Finnish diverse melodic metal band Dreamferno has released their eponymous single. Over 12 minute piece takes the listener through a musical journey that challenges and rewards the listener with beautiful soundscapes and imaginatively detailed compositional work.
Serpent Gates, a new and bold flag-bearer of traditional heavy metal from Finland, will release their debut album "The Veil of Darkness" on February 20. Conceptually, the album's roots go back decades to the dreams of elementary schooler Juho Hakalax, who was crazy about music and wanted to make his own album. But it is only now,...
Progressive metal band Dust Orchard from Helsinki, Finland, has released their new single "Hours in the Void". The band is known for weaving violin-led melodies into a dense, riff-driven foundation of modern heavy music. After a 2022 EP and a major rebuild of the lineup, Dust Orchard is now moving into a new phase with renewed focus and fresh...
Finnish melodic death metal band Crowen released a new single and music video 'The Unwritten End'. The track is taken from the forthcoming 'Through the Dying Mist' EP which is set to be released on February 20th 2026 via Inverse Records.
We know Fabienne Erni as a voice capable of leading a crowd or telling ancient stories. Now, however, comes the moment when she stands completely on her own. The singer of ELUVEITIE and ILLUMISHADE has announced her first solo album Starveil, set for release on March 13 – and this is no side project squeezed in between tours.
When two worlds meet that understand each other more through emotion than genre, something exceptional can emerge. That's exactly what happened with the new collaboration between Smash Into Pieces and Within Temptation, who have just released their joint single Somebody Like You.
Fans of Masterplan have plenty to look forward to. The German metal band has officially announced the release of the first single from their upcoming studio album Metalmorphosis and has also revealed the dates for their spring European tour.
The second edition of the Hard Karpaty Fest metal festival will take place on the first weekend of June 2026 at the Army Park Slavičín venue in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. This year, the festival confirms a strong international line-up that connects the underground with icons of the global metal scene.
Finnish industrial metal band Fear of Domination's seventh full length album "Katharsis" has seen the light of day! The album release is accompanied by a new music video to the opening track "Alone". To celebrate the album's release, FoD will kick off their album release tour tomorrow in Espoo Finland.











