Updates - news

The UK festival ArcTanGent, which hosts many of the major names from across post-rock and post-metal, math rock, experimental metal, and other alternative music genres, recently completed its line-up for the 2026 edition. Final addition Din Of Celestial Birds joined headliners Primus, Chelsea Wolfe, Cult Of Luna & Julie Christmas, and Wednesday bonus headliner SikTh, alongside…

To promote their third full-length release Power To Survive, due out on August 21st via Pride & Joy Music, Burning Sun have shared a new single/video "Quest Divine".

Swedish thrash metal/punk formation Razorvoid have unveiled details and first single in connection with their debut album announcement. Entitled Into The Void, it will see its official release on October 2nd 2026 via Jawbreaker Records.

To taste a first piece of their next studio record Jenseitsritt, due out on September 25th via Dying Victims Productions, German heavy metal trio Midnight Prey present "Torn Into Pieces" single.

This coming fall, Alice Cooper and his band will return to the stages across the North American lands for his 'Alice's Attic' touring route.

Norwegians Mortemia have revealed their version of the 1965 The Mamas And The Papas classic "California Dreamin", featuring vocalists: Helle Bohdanova (Ignea), Caterina Nix (Chaos Magic) and Karmen Klinc (Venus 5). Arranged, produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Morten Veland at Audio Avenue Studios.

On September 25th 2026, Irish death metal crew Zealot Cult will release their second full-length effor dubbed Psalms Of Filth (Awakening Records). Vocals, acoustic guitars, and drums were recorded at Wanderland Studios with Ben Wanders.
Guitars, bass, and guitar solos recorded at ZC HQ with Zealot Cult. Mix and mastering handled by Gord Olson.

"Mental Butchery", the first single from Filth's sophomore long player Death Exhibiton, has surfaced online. The new outing from Swedish death metallers arrives through Me Saco Un Ojo Records on September 11th, 2026.

Swedish rockers The Hellacopters and Norwegian hard rock collective Gluecifer will join forces for a string of shows in Australia next March.

In wake of their upcoming full-length release Operating Altar, set to land in stores on September 11th via Everlasting Spew Records, Cartilage present the first single titled "The Operating Altar".

Mike Browning, the pioneering drummer and vocalist best known as a co-founder of Morbid Angel and the founder of Nocturnus and Nocturnus AD, has died at the age of 62.

Massachusetts metalcore outfit Within The Ruins are back in the studio to work on their eighth full-length album.

German power metal veterans Brainstorm have officially announced their brand-new studio album, Nightfall. The band's forthcoming music output will be released in spring 2027 through Reigning Phoenix Music, marking the next milestone in a career spanning more than three decades.

Finsterforst have shared the third advance single, "Im Wind", from their forthcoming long player Still. The latter comes out later this month, on July 31st.

As part of their 'Black Diamonds Tour', the Swedish doom legends Candlemass have disclosed upcoming shows in Europe and Australia.

To promote their recently announced Death Mask Messiah record, German thrashers Exumer have debuted a René Bogdanski-directed video fro the first single-title track.