LORD OF THE LOST
"OPVS NOIR VOL.2"
Gothic Metal/ Dark Wave/ Industrial
Release date: 12.12.2025
(NAPALM RECORDS)

LORD OF THE LOST continue their opulent musical journey with OPVS NOIR Vol. 2. The next installment of OPVS NOIR Vol. 1, released in the summer, will be released on December 12, 2025, delving even deeper into the decoding of the band's twisted inner workings. Part two of the trilogy brings the concept of hope to the wonderfully dark panorama already presented in OPVS NOIR Vol. 1.

Following the exhilaratingly colorful Blood & Glitter, which not only brought them to the finals of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 but also to number 1 on the German album charts, LORD OF THE LOST are turning over a completely new leaf with OPVS NOIR. OPVS NOIR Vol. 2 adds eleven more songs to the three-part cycle, seamlessly continuing the journey begun on OPVS NOIR Vol. 1. Once a...

WINGS OF STEEL
"WINDS OF TIME"
Heavy Metal
Release date: 17.10.2025
(High Roller Records)

If you are a connoisseur of hard rock and traditional heavy metal, then you should note the name Wings Of Steel, a band you will definitely hear from a lot in the not too distant future.

Wings of Steel was formed when vocalist Leo Unnermark and guitarist/bassist Parker Halub met while studying music in Los Angeles. They both shared the same vision and musical influences and began working together to create and refine their musical sound and style that would eventually become Wings of Steel.

2019 was the year the two started writing songs together, but the band Wings Of Steel did not really exist before the release of their self-titled debut EP in 2022. “There are many, many different influences that helped to shape our sound,” explains singer Leo Unnermark...

RISE OF THE NORTHSTAR
"CHAPTER 4: RED FALCON SUPER BATTLE! NEO PARIS WAR!!"
Crossover/ Hardcore
Release date: 04.11.2025
(MEMBRAN)

The new album “CHAPTER 4: RED FALCON SUPER BATTLE ! NEO PARIS WAR !!” released on Nov 14th 2025 is a collection of 13 heavy hitting modern rap-metal and hardcore anthems. It is a leaner blend of the band’s own mixture of head banging grooves, atmospheric melodies, and fast epic solos.

The record was made between the band’s own studio in the Parisian suburbs, and Marseille with Florent SALFATI from LANDMVRKS, who is also featured on the second single “BACK 2 BASICS”.

Rise Of The Northstar is the second French metal band after Gojira to have a song streamed +25M on Spotify with the single "Here Comes The Boom", and their video for the song “Demonstrating My Saiya Style” shot during their first tour of Japan in 20...

EQUILIBRIUM
"EQUINOX"
Epic/ Viking/ Folk Metal
Release date: 28.11.2025
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

In turbulent times, real art keeps us all grounded in the things that really matter. Equinox is a statement of intent from a band reborn.
 
Equilibrium have made great music in the past, but never with this much fire and focus. Brimming with smart ideas, anthemic melodies and crushing, state-of-the-art modern metal with an organic, folk-fuelled twist, it kicks open this new chapter in the band’s story with an exhilarating, heartfelt flourish.

CD/ LP:

01. Earth Tongue
02. Awakening
03. Legends
04. Archivist
05. Gnosis
06. Bloodwood

07. I'll Be Thunder
08. Anderswelt
09. One Hundred Hands
10. Borrowed Waters
11. Rituals of Sun and Moon
12. Nexus
13. Tides of Time 

HOODED MENACE
"LACHRYMOSE MONUMENTS OF OBSCURATION"
Funeral Doom/ Death Metal
Release date: 03.10.2025
(SEASON OF MIST)

On the precipice of their third decade, Hooded Menace stand not as a bridge but the pillar between two distinct realms of underground metal. The band’s seventh album is still rooted in cultish obsession with classic horrors. But with Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration, these stewards of death-doom remain far from stuck in their ways. 

The Knights Templar still stand watch over Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration. “Pale Masquerade” summons film director Amando de Ossorio’s flesh-eating muse with a fresh heap of bone-crunching chugs and death growls that reek of the tomb. While the lasting influence of Candlemass and Paradise Lost hasn’t vanished without a ghostly trace, Hooded Menace continues to break the mold. Old school heshers wil...