Following the explosive release of their debut track, "Heavy Metal Heaven", the Gold Coast, Australia based metal madmen, Boner Contention, are back to soundtrack your worst hangover with their crushing new single, "Death March."

Swedish metal powerhouse ELEINE have dropped their new single and music video “Ich Sehe Dich”, taken from their highly anticipated fifth studio album, “The Water Taste Of Blood”, arriving December 4 via Algoth Records.

Danish death doom band KONVENT shares the second single and title track from their upcoming third album, Firesky, out November 6, 2026 via Napalm Records. The new song shows the four women’s versatility by highlighting both their ability to open up pitch-black abysses as well as weave in clean passages that shine through the cloudy heaviness like the fire in its name. Following a tour with shooting stars Zeal & Ardor as well as shows at Wacken and Copenhell, Firesky is KONVENT’s bravest album yet.

Italian epic/power metal band EMBRACE OF SOULS returns with a new official live video for “The Plague”, taken from their latest album “The Battle Of The Dead”, released on May 22nd, 2026, via Rockshots Records.

SAOR, the one-man Scottish atmospheric black metal project of Andy Marshall, have released "The Awakening MMXXVI," the second single from Caledonia. The track is a re-recording of a song first heard on 2014's Aura, and follows lead single "Carved in Stone MMXXVI" ahead of an album revisiting five songs from Saor's first three records.

Due to a family emergency, Soen's Australian shows this weekend have been postponed. We hope to have new dates in place over the next 2 weeks. We thank the fans for their understanding. Our best wishes and prayers to Martin Lopez and his family in this difficult time.

Norwegian black metal band NORDJEVEL have released "Unbound in Death," the first single from their fourth full-length album Damnous, accompanied by an official music video. The track opens the campaign for the record, the band's debut release for Season of Mist's Underground Activists imprint, due for release on December 11th.

Melbourne deathcore outfit Body Prison have signed to Greyscale Records to announce their upcoming EP, A Waste Of Good Suffering, will be out Friday 20 November.

Boorloo/Perth doom-metal outfit Dreamspeed share their haunting new single, "Inverse Shadows" off their upcoming debut EP, Demo, out Friday 6 November.

THY CATAFALQUE, the Hungarian avant-garde metal project of Tamás Kátai, release new single and music video “Tömbök” (“Masses”), the second single from XIII: Sárga erdő, the band’s thirteenth album, out November 20th via Season of Mist.

Swedish black metal legends Arckanum reveal the new video "Mz Fianda Raþi - (Mz Fianda Rathi)." The track is the first to be revealed from the band's highly anticipated 10th album, Beswærilsin, set for international release on October 31st via Darkness Shall Rise Productions.

Inland Empire purveyors of vehicular hardcore mayhem BIG ASS TRUCK I.E. have announced their catastrophic debut EP, FOUND ON ROAD DEAD, arriving digitally and on limited edition vinyl October 20th via Nuclear Blast Records.

Rochester (NY) - Underground death metal philosophers Contrarian are back with their sixth studio release, Escaping Depravity! The bar has been raised yet again on this ambitious, musically enthralling album!

The wait is over. After paving the way with the release of the first three singles — "Run Away", "Revenge" and "Senza Rancore" —, "ARCADE", the fifth, mature, and most ambitious studio album by Souls of Diotima, is available now on all streaming and digital download platforms via Diotima Records.

There was an electric buzz around the Hordern Pavilion long before the doors opened. Outside, Sydney’s black-clad metal army gathered in eager anticipation, with punters lining up well ahead of the 6 pm gates and the excitement building by the minute. As well over 5,000 fans descended on the venue, the Hordern’s staff deserve a mention of their own. Organised, helpful & able to maintain a sense of humour throughout the rush, they kept things moving like a well oiled machine as the masses poured in, ready for a night that would leave few voices unscathed and even fewer neck muscles untested.

Lebanese metal band Phenomy officially releases their new single “Death May Die” today, October 2, 2026. The powerful new track explores themes of destruction, survival, resilience, and the possibility of rising again from the ruins.

Canadian hardcore heroes Comeback Kid have unleashed their new single Yesterday’s Gone, featuring Brendan Garrone of Incendiary. The track arrives as the latest preview of the band’s highly anticipated eighth studio album, Chosen Hell, due November 6 via SharpTone Records in the U.S. and Dine Alone Records in Canada.

German extreme-metal adventurists Firtan reveal the new video "Shadows of a Dawn Unborn." The track is the fourth to be revealed from the band's highly anticipated fifth album, Helios, out now via AOP Records.

Italian melodic death doom visionaries Shores of Null have released “Homesick,” the latest single and title track from their forthcoming album set for release on October 16, 2026, via Dusktone. Following the previously released singles “Two Mountains,” “Son of the Tide,” and “Bleed to Life,” the new track offers one of the album's most intimate and emotionally powerful moments while revealing the record's thematic heart.

MeK is a London-based modern metal project created by musician and producer Faust, combining contemporary heavy music with electronic, industrial and cinematic influences.

The release of their new album imminent, FROZEN CROWN go extra catchy with a cover of “Iris”: originally by American alternative rock band Goo Goo Dolls, this 1998 track became an international superhit. FROZEN CROWN take its power and make it power metal, covering the entire spectrum from waltz-time ballad to high-speed drums and dual vocals from lead singer Giada “Jade” Etro and Federico Mondelli full of pathos. “I just want you to know who I am” should be a given thing hereafter!

Brisbane alternative metal outfit The Local Romance are back with their claustrophobic new single, "Ecdysis", out now, and they'll celebrate the release with a hometown show at Tomcat Brisbane’s Halloween Party Night on Saturday 31 October.

Swedish melodic metal frontrunners METALITE celebrate the release of their brand-new studio album, Discovery, out now via PERCEPTION – Powered by Reigning Phoenix Music! Their critically acclaimed, futuristic sci-fi metal epic takes listeners on a fascinating journey, further expanding METALITE’s signature blend of soaring melodies, powerful riffs and modern electronic elements.

Venice’s orchestral blackened death metal act OBSCURA QALMA will release their new full-length “Immortality Through Ashes” on October 23rd via Dusktone. The new effort is anticipated by the song “Obsidian Numen,” available as a digital single on the main streaming services as well as visualizer video on YouTube.

Lamb Of God and Trivium kicked off their co-headline Australian tour at Perth HPC on Friday night, with special guests Bleed From Within.

Swedish metal force SARCATOR has released an official music video for their new single ‘Ain’t Fit to Live’a further taste of their upcoming fourth studio album, The Ones We Follow, due out October 30, 2026 via Reigning Phoenix Music.

For the first time in their 30-year career, Brazilian death metal group NervoChaos delivers a song performed entirely in Portuguese, bringing the full weight and identity of the band into their native tongue. Titled “Lorde dos Mortos,” the song serves as the second preview from their fourteenth album, Chaosmongers, set for release on 13 November 2026 via Black Lion Records on 13 November 2026 on CD and vinyl as well as digitally; while Tumba Records licenses the CD and vinyl editions for Brazil.

Pescara-based groove/death metal band OBBROBRIUS has released the music video for “Leviathan’s Cage,” the opening track of the band’s upcoming album “Usurped,” slated for release on November 6th via Over The Border Records.

The metalcore band from Modena, KEEP THE PROMISE, has released a new video for the song “Okinawa Steel.” The track sees the collaboration with GRAVERY’s vocalist Luca “Pigo” De Simone.

Vanishing Point have never been a band in a hurry. Their albums arrive when they're ready and sometimes years can pass between them. But when one of Australia's most respected melodic metal bands finally emerges with new music, it's an event.

Thematically, Social Apocalypse [album] combines the bare-faced lyrical introspection of people weathered and worn by the modern world with wide-eyed observations on a planet that feels as if it is coming off the rails at every turn. “Everything in life is changing at such a rapid pace, and it is hard to find a great deal of positivity when you look at events in the world,” Tuck says. “People are being pitted against each other. The world is full of conflict instead of unity. As a father, I look at what the world is like for younger people, and how completely different it is now.”

Last month, progressive trailblazers Enslaved officially announced their forthcoming studio album, Mið, set for release on October 30 via Nuclear Blast Records. Throughout their 35-year journey, across 17 albums, the Norwegian vanguard have continually redefined the boundaries of progressive black metal, weaving Old Norse histories and sacred traditions into complex modern soundscapes. With their latest offering, Enslaved turn their gaze toward the fundamental concept of the axis: the middle, the origin, and the infinite reach of the present moment.

Perth genre-bending heavy outfit liveconformdie share their second single, "Heart Eater", from their forthcoming EP Die In My Prime, out Friday 9 October. The band have also announced plans to bring the record to life on home turf, with an EP launch show locked in for Saturday 17 October at Amplifier Bar.

After saying To Hell With You, taking off down Satan's Highway, and Running Wild, Melbourne metal vocalist Kat Wilder returns with Rise Up, the title track to her forthcoming album.

New York’s alternative metal legends PRONG are back — and with their triumphant Napalm Records debut. Their pummeling new single “Fear The Sun” honors their home city, inciting classic pit violence of the CBGB variety. Legendary frontman Tommy Victor’s lyrics are forked and biting. After countless world tours and becoming mainstays at seminal festivals like Wacken and Brutal Assault, PRONG’s legacy is undeniable, carrying the banner for the genre.

Sydney melodic death metal outfit Besomora return with their second EP, ‘Devotion to the Fear’, a powerful five-track release that sees the band pushing their melodic death metal foundations into heavier, darker and more modern territory.

Turin-based progressive melodic death metal band HEXABROT is excited to announce that their new album “Self-Similarity” will be released on the 9th of October via Ænima Recordings.

Australian/Finnish progressive dark metal masters THE ETERNAL celebrate the release of their new, critically-acclaimed studio album Obscured Horizons via Reigning Phoenix Music, further refining the band’s distinctive musical vision. Coinciding with the album’s arrival, the band has unveiled an official music video for "Harmony Breaks," a deeply introspective track that explores the fragile line between inner balance and fragmentation, reality and illusion.

INCITE present a new lyric video offering for their ferocious track, "Chucked Off." A raging sonic assault, the song calls out a lack of empathy and false claims of victimhood from individuals who refuse to take accountability for their actions. "Chucked Off" is taken from their critically acclaimed 2025 album Savage New Times, released via Reigning Phoenix Music. INCITE are currently on tour around the US supporting SOULFLY and NAILBOMB.

2027 marks a unique triple anniversary for Udo Dirkschneider and U.D.O.: Udo turns 75, U.D.O. celebrate 40 years as a band, and Voodoo Ranger marks the release of the German heavy metal institution’s 20th studio album. This very special record release will be celebrated on January 8, 2027 via powerhouse label Reigning Phoenix Music.

ANTHRAX have treleased their long-awaited 12th full-length studio album Cursum Perficio via Nuclear Blast Records and Megaforce Records (North America) along with a riveting video for the album’s title track. To celebrate the album’s release, the multi-GRAMMY® Award-nominated New York hard rock titans - Scott Ian (guitar), Charlie Benante (drums), Frank Bello (bass), Joey Belladonna (vocals), and Jonathan Donais (guitar).

“Ascension” is the newest single from Texas-based progressive metalcore practitioners, FERVENCE. The track appears on the band’s impending new full-length, Constructs, set to drop on October 16 through Metal Blade Records.

Australian blackened death machine COMPLEXANT have shared the official visualizer for the song "Cyclops," off the band's full-length debut, Apex.

Italian melodic power metal band Aletheya releases “Stealer”, the new single from their debut full-length album “Chance To Reborn”, on digital and CD Digipak Version via Rockshots Records. Accompanied by an official lyric video, “Stealer” arrives in conjunction with the album’s release, bringing its heavier side into focus while remaining firmly connected to Aletheya’s melodic power metal roots.

HULDER, the US-based dark black metal duo, have released a new music video for "...And We Shall Sing," the fifth track from the band's third full-length album, Verbolgen. The video runs just over six minutes and is built entirely from footage captured during the band's recent six-week European summer tour.

Italian epic power metal band FLAMESTRIKE is ready to march into a new chapter with “Unholy March”, the first single from their forthcoming debut album “The Unholy March”, set for release on January 29th, 2027 via Rockshots Records.

THY CATAFALQUE, the Hungarian avant-garde metal project of Tamás Kátai, release new single and music video "Búcsú a piros madártól" ("A Farewell to the Red Bird"), opening XIII: Sárga erdő, the band's thirteenth album, out November 20th via Season of Mist.

Echoing nostalgia for a future that never arrives on Monumental! Leading the way for their upcoming studio album Monumental, out on October 23, 2026, via Napalm Records, Ukrainian modern metal architects IGNEA today unveil their third single, entitled “Prefab.” The track arrives as a highly industrial metal anthem feat. aggrotech and electro-industrial icon Andy LaPlegua of Combichrist, whose voice perfectly complements the offering of IGNEA’s vocalist Helle Bohdanova as well as the song’s atmosphere and theme, thus turning it into a true rave soundtrack for metalheads.

AS I LAY DYING enter a new chapter with their self-titled album As I Lay Dying. On February 5, 2027, Grammy-nominated metalcore pioneers AS I LAY DYING return with their new self-titled album, As I Lay Dying, via Napalm Records. For 25 years, the band has helped shape the global metalcore scene through eight acclaimed studio albums, uncompromising heaviness and unmistakable melodic songwriting.

Adelaide sludge merchants Sundowner are back, and things haven’t gotten any prettier. Three years after Lysergic Ritual dragged listeners through a feedback-soaked wasteland of nihilism and decay, the Australian quartet have announced their third full-length, Cesspool, due out October 15 via Melbourne’s Disdain Records.

Australian metalcore outfit Mirrors return reinvigorated, announcing their highly anticipated second album, The Red Sky, alongside their signing to Greyscale Records and the release of their dark, atmospheric new single "Devil’s Due". Out Friday 27 November via Greyscale Records, The Red Sky sees Mirrors hone in on the mature, expansive sound that has always set them apart.

The long-awaited fourth album from Green Lung is finally upon us. The masters of occult riff-craft have officially released Necropolitan, which is out now via Nuclear Blast Records. A huge step forward in songwriting and vision, Necropolitan is the album Green Lung have been threatening to make since their inception.

Forsaken Age have fired the opening salvo from their forthcoming album Blackened Steel with the release of their brand-new single “War Machine”, accompanied by an official music video, out now.

Hailing from the City of Churches, Last Rites blends melodic metal with modern metal influences, delivering powerful riffs, anthemic choruses and songs that explore hope, resilience and the battles within. The journey began with the release of their debut single Dark Clouds and continues now with their next release, Unmasked Eyes.

Czechia OSDM beasts Sněť have officially unleashed their newest full-length, V bažinách vědomí. Having annihilated the underground with their 2021 debut LP and kept things flowing with two splits in the interim, this promises to be an excellent slab of old-school death metal.

The Black/Death Metal band from Brandenburg, Germany presents a 25‑minute work of raw intensity, combining cold Black Metal atmosphere with the physical weight of Death Metal. The album delivers eight tracks of direct, unfiltered expression.

Following the international success of their critically acclaimed album “Wilderness Of Mirrors” and a triumphant first leg of their European tour featuring numerous sold-out shows, Tunisian-French progressive metal visionaries Myrath unveil their bold new interpretation of Sting’s timeless classic “Shape Of My Heart.”

After a refreshing festival summer and highly successful North American tour with German metal legend Helloween, BEAST IN BLACK now finally returns with new music!

German extreme-metal adventurists Firtan reveal the new video "Kalika's Tongue." The track is the third to be revealed from the band's highly anticipated fifth album, Helios, set for international release on October 2nd via AOP Records. See & hear Firtan's "Kalika's Tongue" video in its entirety HERE at AOP Records' official YouTube channel.

SAOR, the one-man Scottish atmospheric black metal project of Andy Marshall, have released "Carved in Stone MMXXVI," accompanied by an official music video. The track is a re-recording of a highlight from 2013's Roots, and stands as the lead single from Caledonia, an album revisiting five songs from Saor's first three records.

Italian modern melodic and symphonic metal outfit TEMPERANCE will release its new album, Arcani, on October 16 via Napalm Records. Their brand-new single, “The Tower: Lean Into Fear,” kicks right in, diving deeper into the album's overall Tarot-driven line. “The Tower: Lean Into Fear” hits with rocking riffs and the roaring vocal power of vocalist Kristin Starkey, showcasing an entirely new facet of the band’s musical universe and making it a standout addition to their discography.

Fiercely sinister and heavy as ever, Danish heavy hitters KONVENT return with their third album, Firesky, on November 6, 2026 via Napalm Records. Embellishing their compositions, five songs is all it takes the four-piece this time around to prove how incomparably weighty their sonic soundscapes can be. Firesky’s tracks are significantly longer than what KONVENT have offered before, but the dynamics within the dark arrangements prove the extraordinary commitment to their craft. Previously leaving their mark on the death doom scene, the band now expands on their influences and experiments significantly with black metal. They say the third album makes it or breaks it – KONVENT, however, manage to fully reconstruct the principle itself.

German black metallers Servant reveal the new video "De Profundis." The track is the third to be revealed from the band's highly anticipated fourth album, Lux Ex Inferis, set for international release on October 2nd via AOP Records. See & hear Servant's "De Profundis video" - featuring Lethian of Nornír - in its entirety HERE at AOP Records' official YouTube channel.

Aural Music announces November 6th as the international release date for Night Gaunt's highly anticipated third album, Rupture, on CD and vinyl LP formats.

Boorloo/Perth doom-metal outfit Dreamspeed have announced their debut EP, Demo, set for release Friday 6 November. The four-piece unveil new single "Corpse Light", a searing showcase of their blackened screamo, depressive doom and post-black metal sound.

Berlin atmospheric post metal visionaries The Ocean will release their twelfth studio album, Solaris, on September 25 via Pelagic Records.

Danish death/metallic hardcore practitioners LIFESICK unleash their new stand alone single, “Hard To Kill,” a ceaselessly riotous auditory torrent that embodies the band’s celebrated ferocity.

Nontinuum, the Australian post-black metal band, return after more than a decade of silence with “As I Leave This Body”, their first official new music since 2012 and the initial glimpse into the long‑awaited follow‑up to The Stars You Gathered, The Stars I Destroyed.

Japanese metal pioneers Sigh have unleashed Goh-Ka upon the world. Out now, the band’s 15th studio album is already being hailed by some as their finest work yet, adding another landmark release to a legendary career that has seen them release 14 previous studio albums, three live albums and embark on multiple sold-out tours around the globe.

Polish extreme metal legends, BEHEMOTH, unleash 'In League with Satan', the second single from their new studio release, I, Scvlptor, which is out now via Nuclear Blast Records (digitally) and Massacre Records (physically). The music video for 'In League with Satan' was produced by the acclaimed Polish production collective Grupa 13. The song and the video feature very special guest, Shagrath of Dimmu Borgir.

Celebrating 30 uninterrupted years of activity, Brazilian death metal troop NervoChaos is set to release their fourteenth album, Chaosmongers, via Black Lion Records on 13 November 2026 on CD and vinyl as well as digitally, while Tumba Records licenses the CD and vinyl editions for Brazil.

Russian Epic Doom Metallers Scald have released the Relics EP on Cruz Del Sur Music! Exhuming ancient songs from Scald's past and giving them new life with Hrafn, their new vocalist, this is essential listening.

Pescara-based groove/death metal band OBBROBRIUS is proud to announce that their new full-length “Usurped” will be released on November 6th via Over The Border Records. Featuring 9 tracks for half an hour of musical experience, “Usurped” is the album that the fans of Benediction, Bolt Thrower and Malevolent Creation can not miss!

Florida's WAGE WAR — Briton Bond [lead vocals], Cody Quistad [rhythm guitar, clean vocals], Seth Blake [lead guitar], Chris Gaylord [bass], and Stephen Kluesener [drums] — continue to absolutely dominate 2026. After releasing the It Calls Me By Name EP this past spring, the band is now pleased to announce the new album Landfall, out digitally October 9 via Fearless Records.

ROME, ITALY — Italian modern death metal force Hellucination officially unleash their new single “Petrified” , September 1, 2026. The track serves as the first single from the band's upcoming full-length album, Penumbral , opening the door to a darker, more introspective chapter in the band's evolution.

“‘Two Mountains’ is probably the catchiest song we've ever written, and it has all the ingredients to become one of our live staples in the years to come. Its lyrics are inspired by the Legend of Maja… a story about a mother's love and the unbearable pain of loss, but also about memory, belonging and the invisible bond we carry with the places that shaped us,” adds vocalist Davide Straccione.

Hailing from Surabaya in East Java, Gerogot have been an ever-present force on the burgeoning Indonesian brutal death metal scene for more than a decade. The limited-edition demo, Promo 2014, was followed in 2016 by their debut album, Cruelty Vomit Of Hatred – a release which demonstrated in emphatic fashion Gerogot’s unwavering commitment to absolute, unrelenting musical brutality.

At the crossroads of grief and exhilarating sonic potency, Sydney's Polaris return today with their first instalment of new music in three years, unleashing their brand new single Without You via ADA in AU/NZ and SharpTone Records for the remainder of the world.

Italian modern metal band Secret Rule opens a new chapter with “Edge of Control”, the first single taken from their upcoming eleventh studio album. Out now, September 1st, 2026, via Rockshots Records, the single is now available across all major digital platforms.

Modern metal outfit A COLD PARADISE release their highly anticipated self-titled debut album, A Cold Paradise, via PERCEPTION – Powered By Reigning Phoenix Music. Across twelve tracks, the band surrounding vocalist Antonio Calanna present a multifaceted sound where powerful modern metal meets soaring melodies, cinematic atmospheres and electronic elements. Rather than relying on heaviness alone, the quintet put emotion and contrast at the heart of their music, creating songs that deliberately refuse to be confined to a single stylistic formula.

For more than three decades, industrial metal pioneers FEAR FACTORY have explored the friction between man and machine, tracing the rise of artificial intelligence and humanity's loss of control over its own creations.

Australian deathcore outfit The Nameless are entering a new chapter with the release of their latest single, “FEAR”, available across all major streaming platforms via Arson Theory. Built around filthy riffs, crushing grooves and relentless vocals, “FEAR” sees The Nameless move away from the more symphonic approach of their earlier songwriting in favour of a sound designed with the live stage firmly in mind. Drawing inspiration from the guitar work of Alpha Wolf and the extreme vocals of Lorna Shore, the track pushes the band's sound into heavier, more modern territory.

NEKOMATA enter a new era in their story with “Third Impact”, a new creative cycle that begins with “Functional Beauty”, the first single leading towards the band’s third chapter expected in 2027.

La Puente, California, August 28, 2026 — California thrash metal outfit MORTALIS have officially entered a new chapter with the release of “Split (2026)”, a newly recorded and reimagined version of one of the band's original songs. Available now at all major digital platforms, the track marks the first official release featuring the band's new frontwoman, Patience.

Eternal Drak has released the official music video for “We Force It To Speak”, taken from the band’s newly issued sixth album, "The Violence of Time." The track, a dense and atmospheric black‑metal assault that opens up the record and embodies the album’s central thesis: that the human attempt to explain reality doesn’t clarify it; it distorts it.

May Misery Befall You is a five-song rager pulls PERPETUAL PARADOX back towards a riff-first approach to songwriting - technical death metal with blast beats, shred and melody, without letting the technicality take center stage. After the broader sprawl of their 2025 full-length, Deathwish, the band sought to make something more focused and unified, where riffs, solos, breakdowns and stronger compositional turns feel like proper sections rather than ideas stitched together in the studio.

Italian blackened post-punk outfit PONTE DEL DIAVOLO have released a live video capturing two songs from their performance at Hellfest 2026, part of the ongoing touring cycle behind their sophomore album De Venom Natura.

THE MATERIA are a four-piece band from Szczecinek, Poland, who have spent well over a decade consistently building their own identity within the Polish heavy music scene. The band’s roots date back to 2007. From the very beginning, the group have embraced a modern approach to metal, combining powerful riffs, progressive structures, groove, electronics and emotional heaviness with memorable songwriting and explosive live energy.

Dragonland has released a video for “The Prophecy Unfolds”, second single taken from the new album “Prophecies” to be released on October 23 by Scarlet Records.

Finnish melodic death metallers BRYMIR unleash the second track from their upcoming album, What We Leave Behind, coming October 2, 2026 via Napalm Records! “Tempestbound” surges forward with speedy riffs and a wuthering message. The new single wraps the overarching theme of the band’s darkest album to date in a cloak of mythology. No matter the belief system, the Gods are all the same—and none of them is worth dying for at the hands of moribund mankind. Constituting war as the death or progress, “Tempestbound” solidifies BRYMIR’s epic plea for humanity.

Legendary symphonic metal unit KAMELOT unveil the final single from their forthcoming epic album Dark Asylum, out now via Napalm Records. “Sanctuary” is built upon pulsating riffs and cinematic swells. Iconic frontman Tommy Karevik is joined by labelmates and upcoming tour partners Visions of Atlantis’s Clémentine Delauney and Decessus frontwoman and current Miss World Chile Ignacia Fernández for an exhilaratingly dynamic vocal trio. With all of its bombast and bravado, “Sanctuary” sees the band firmly planting their feet before leaping into their triumphant, intercontinental victory lap.

Canadian hardcore heroes Comeback Kid are thrilled to announce their new album Chosen Hell. It arrives November 6 via SharpTone Records and via Dine Alone Records in Canada.

Following the massive wave of anticipation sparked by their recent album announcement and the chaotic first track ‘Raivotarjonta,' Finnish industrial metal pioneers TURMION KÄTILÖT are doubling down. Today, the band strikes again with 'Lunastakaa,' the fiercely energetic second single from their upcoming twelfth studio album, Resodance, arriving globally on October 23, 2026, via Nuclear Blast Records.

Mastodon have released their highly anticipated new album, Marrow Deep via Loma Vista Recordings. Five years on from the expansive Hushed and Grim, Marrow Deep documents founding members Brann Dailor, Troy Sanders, and Bill Kelliher alongside new members Nick Johnston and João Nogueira as they emerge from personal upheaval with a renewed sense of purpose. Inspired by the Three Fates of Greek mythology and the fragile threads connecting life, loss, and destiny, Marrow Deep channels the experiences of the intervening years into some of the most expansive, adventurous, and emotionally resonant music of the band’s storied career. Marrow Deep was co-produced by Mastodon at their own West End Sound in Atlanta with Patrik Berger (Lana Del Rey, Charli XCX) and Kurt Ballou (High On Fire, Converge), was mixed by Andrew Scheps (Adele, Black Sabbath, Metallica), and includes a sprawling list of guest performers including Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age, Neil Fallon of Clutch, Lamb of God vocalist Randy Blythe, Converge members Nate Newton and Ben Koller, Joe Duplantier of Gojira, and none other than Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler.

German heavy metal torchbearers MYSTIC PROPHECY have announced their brand-new studio album, In Metal, set for release on November 27, 2026, via PERCEPTION – Powered by Reigning Phoenix Music. Marking the beginning of an exciting new chapter for the band, the album announcement arrives alongside the release of its first single, 'Robots,' accompanied by an official music video.

German melodic power metal stalwarts MOB RULES celebrate the release of their new compilation album, Stories From The Verdant Vale, via ROAR - A Division Of Reigning Phoenix Music. Available now on vinyl and across digital platforms, the release invites fans back into the narrative world of the band’s acclaimed 2025 album, Rise Of The Ruler, while revealing another side of its story.

AMON AMARTH return with “Eight Legs of Thunder,” a steamrolling new anthem inspired by Sleipnir, the legendary eight-legged steed of Oden. Driven by a galloping main riff and a powerful, sing-along chorus, the track charges headlong through Norse mythology while its accompanying video transports the tale into an unexpected new world: a gritty, modern American Western of cowboys, pickup trucks and open roads, with the mythical Sleipnir himself emerging in a surreal dream sequence.

MISCREANCE, Italy's tech-thrash/death metal quartet, release their sophomore album Reminiscence through Season of Mist. Upon signing with Season of Mist in 2022, after crawling through the Italian underground, Miscreance were likened to Death, Sadus, Voivod and other immortal beings who have shaped the alternate timeline that is the history of extreme metal. The band's thrashing riffs and blistering tempo shifts recall death metal's golden age, but their second album, Reminiscence, is quickly proving itself to be far from just another blast from the past.

Soaked in blood and craving more, North Carolina’s melodic death metal masters AETHER REALM have undergone a violent transformation, emerging with their ferocious new album Season of Bloodshed, to be unleashed December 11th, 2026 via Napalm Records.

FROZEN CROWN determine the direction of their new narrative approach with their new single, “Who Wants to Burn in Heaven”. “Who wants to burn in Heaven if you can rule forever down in Hell?” the choir-powered, groovy song exclaims, illustrating the Italian band’s new-found darkness. A heavy metal riff turns into an epic melody, with a powerful vocal delivery by both Giada “Jade” Etro and Federico Mondelli following. The accompanying album, The Legend of the Six Kings, releases October 2, 2026 via Napalm Records.