In short, what didn't fit anywhere else. New albums, changes in band lineups. Nothing escapes us! But don't expect gossip, only official news.
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.
Finnish death metal band Inborn Tendency has been working on their debut album for the past three years and, after a long wait, released their highly anticipated full-length record on January 9th, 2026. The band describes the album and its creative process as follows:
Finnish thrashers Krushor released their debut EP 'Taste of Hatred' on January 9th 2026 via Inverse Records.
German symphonic metal stalwarts BEYOND THE BLACK released their sixth studio album Break The Silence on January 9, 2026 via Nuclear Blast Records. One of its strongest moments is the fifth single, "Ravens"—an emotional track about belonging, loyalty, and the strength found in standing together even in dark times.
When TWISTED SISTER return to the stage this year as part of their anniversary reunion run, there's one thing fans won't be seeing. The heavy make-up that defined the band's image for decades is officially a thing of the past—and according to Jay Jay French, it's the best decision they ever made.
Finnish blackened death metal band Karelian Warcry have worked with their third album for years and finally it sees the light of day this spring. The first bite from the album, a single "Mielen rutto" (The plague of mind) is now out.
The solo project "Wooden Shadow" by Jeremia Ponto, who just turned 25, from Ylöjärvi, Finland and the latest song "We are the North" is a representative song as its name suggests, in which the north brings honor and strength. The chorus raises the sound levels to the stratosphere and the song's otherwise rich and rich melody can...
DIRKSCHNEIDER & THE OLD GANG are sticking to the plan and supplying fans with new material with iron regularity. With another month comes another visual strike from the album Babylon — this time in the form of a video for one of the wildest tracks on the record, "Propaganda."