LORD BELIAL
"UNHOLY TRINITY"
Black Metal
Year:27.06.2025
(HAMMERHEART RECORDS)

Lord Belial’s “Unholy Trinity” is a savage and intense blast of Black Metal brilliance!Lord Belial returns with their new studio album “Unholy Trinity”! Formed in 1992, Lord Belial has been a driving force in the Scandinavian Black Metal scene for over three decades... Crafting classics like “Enter the Moonlight Gate” and “Unholy Crusade” while balancing melody, aggression, and atmosphere with effortless precision.Following their acclaimed 2022 comeback album “Rapture”, the band now sharpens their blade even further. Where “Rapture” re- established Lord Belial’s dominance, “Unholy Trinity” pushes beyond: more extreme, more focused, yet steeped in the dark melodic sensibilities!Recorded ...

HATE FOREST
"AGAINST ALL ODDS"
Black Metal
Year:25.04.2025
(OSMOSE PRODUCTIONS)

Today, Osmose Productions announces April 25th as the surprise release date for Hate Forest‘s highly anticipated seventh album, Against All Odds, on CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats.

Offensive, blood-chilling, straightforward black metal. The third and final chapter of the trilogy including Sowing With Salt and Justice. The first Hate Forest album with live drums. Moscovia delenda est.

CD/ LP:

1. Werewolves [3:47]
2. One Way Ticket [4:45]
3. Devil’s On Our Side [3:20]
4. Ukrainian Thermopylae [4:29]
5. Mariupol [4:49]
6. Coprophagus Empire [3:17]
7. The Reaping Hand [4:49]
8. Courage [6:28]

ALESTORM
"THE THUNDERFIST CHRONICLES"
Pirate Heavy Metal
Year:20.06.2025
(NAPALM RECORDS)

ALESTORM will release a new album, "The Thunderfist Chronicles", on June 20, 2025 via Napalm Records. The Scottish party pirates return with their eight album, containing eight new anthems packed with blistering riffs, wild shanty-driven riffs, and utterly ridiculous lyrics — taking the high seas of metal to new depths."The Thunderfist Chronicles" arrives as the successor to ALESTORM's epic seventh studio album, "Seventh Rum Of A Seventh Rum", which peaked at No. 5 on both the U.S. Current Hard Music and Top New Artist Albums charts, No. 7 on the German Album chart and many more. After the release of last year's "Voyage of the Dead Marauder" EP and extensive touring, the band returns for more! With "The Thunderfist Chronicles", ALESTORM proves once again why they are the un...

LORD OF THE LOST
"OPVS NOIR VOL.1"
Gothic Metal/ Dark Wave/ Industrial
Year:08.08.2025
(NAPALM RECORDS)

OPVS NOIR Vol. 1: To be continued…A work, a transformation, a re-entry into the melancholic self – OPVS NOIR is in no danger of becoming an offspring of understatement, neither in its title nor in its musical opulence. And rightly so: Not only will it be the first album as a six-piece band, but it also marks the beginning of an entire album trilogy, set to be released in multiple editions, including, of course, strictly limited collector's items.Each volume contains 11 songs, totaling 33 tracks that not only conclude the delightfully eccentric chapter of Blood & Glitter but also initiate an uncompromising return to the dark core of the band. While LORD OF THE LOST previously found themselves in the spotlight of vast open stages, OPVS NOIR Vol. 1, set for re...

THE DEAD DAISIES
"LOOKIN' FOR TROUBLE"
Hard Rock/ Blues
Year:30.05.2025
(SPV)

"Lookin' For Trouble", THE DEAD DAISIES' first full-length blues album, is both a tribute to the genre's pioneers and a bold new chapter for the band. The album reimagines classic blues songs with the band's signature firepower, and was born in March 2024 during sessions for THE DEAD DAISIES' rock album "Light 'Em Up". After recording at Sienna Studios in Nashville, the band moved to Muscle Shoals, Alabama, to complete the album at the iconic FAME Studios.Stepping into the same space where legends like Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett and Etta James recorded their classic hits, the band — John Corabi (MÖTLEY CRÜE, THE SCREAM),David Lowy (RED PHOENIX, MINK),Doug Aldrich (WHITESNAKE, DIO),Michael Devin (WHITESNAKE, LYNCH MOB) and drummer...

VISIONS OF ATLANTIS
"ARMADA LIVE OVER EUROPE"
Symphonic Female Heavy Metal
Year:04.07.2025
(NAPALM RECORDS)

High drama, hard-hitting heaviness, and gentle, spinetingling beauty. Visions of Atlantis have proven that ‘pirate metal’ is much more than a silly gimmick.” – Metal Hammer, 2024 Visions of Atlantis deliver tales of high-seas adventure through cinematic symphonic metal anthems, swiftly rising as high as a Jolly Rancher flag since the band’s humble beginnings in August 2000. Formed in idyllic Bruck an der Mur, Austria, the band boasts a French frontwoman (currently residing in Italy) and embodies an international appeal as vast as the oceans traversed by the pirates of old. Since the band’s inception, Visions Of Atlantis has boasted dual vocal power from a male and female vocalist, co-captained today with Clémentine Delauney and Michele Guaitoli at...

FEUERSCHWANZ
"KNIGHTCLUB"
Epic/ Viking/ Folk Metal
Year:25.07.2025
(NAPALM RECORDS)

Top charting modern folk metal leaders FEUERSCHWANZ are set to release their twelfth studio album, Knightclub, on July 25, 2025 via Napalm Records. Over the years, the band has solidified its place at the forefront of modern folk metal, with recent albums Memento Mori (2021) and Fegefeuer (2023) both reaching #1 on the official German album charts. Their previous headline tours were nearly entirely sold out, they performed at prime slots at the biggest festivals, and their songs and videos have amassed millions of streams. A standout moment came at the end of 2024 when they celebrated their 20th anniversary at the largest Metfest ever, performing in front of over 7,000 enthusiastic fans.With Knightclub, FEUERSCHWANZ continue on the momentous path they’ve forged with their ...

CRYPTOPSY
"AN INSATIABLE VIOLENCE"
Death Metal
Year:20.06.2025
(SEASON OF MIST)

A person spends all day building a machine, only for it to torture them all through the night. As if that wasn’t twisted enough, they like it. In fact, they like being tortured so much that, come morning, they wake up rejuvenated, eager to tweak the machine until it runs perfectly in their mind.  This is the nocturnal vision that inspired Cryptopsy’s ninth full-length nightmare. “Beware the spotlight”, warns vocalist Matt McGachy before “Dead Eyes Replete” flashes before your eyes with a skull crushing breakdown. An Insatiable Violence mirrors our toxic relationship with social media, but while eerily prescient, the album is influenced by the many mutations that have defined the band’s Hall of Fame discography. Inspired by a mukbang gone ...

FALLUJAH
"XENOTAPH"
Technical/ Prog Death Metal
Year:13.06.2025
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

Prog death-metal outfit FALLUJAH expand horizons and solidify their position as one of America’s most exciting acts on their new album, Xenotaph, through Nuclear Blast. The quintet’s confidence in the lineup that made their previous album, Empyrean (2022), such a resounding success—earning high marks from Metal Injection, New Noise, and Guitar World—has been reconfigured slightly, with guitarist Sam Mooradian (INHALE EXISTENCE, SAM MOORADIAN) and drummer Kevin Alexander (DISEMBODIED TYRANT, BROUGHT BY PAIN) bringing their jaw-dropping musical proficiency to the fold, as vocalist Kyle Schaefer, guitarist Scott Carstairs, and bassist Evan Brewer enter a new chapter with FALLUJAH. Moored by singles ‘Kaleidoscopic Waves,’ ‘Labyrinth of Stone,’ an...

A-Z
"A2Z2"
Progressive Metal
Year:06.06.2025
(METAL BLADE RECORDS)

The band known as A-Z began when Zonder started working on material in early 2020 with a clear vision for the band he wanted to put together: “I was thinking beer commercials, car commercials and Cobra Kai. I wanted a very accessible band that would appeal to the masses,” he says. The band’s name - standing for Alder thru Zonder - was an easy choice that would never pigeonhole the lineup’s sound. “What I liked is that it did not limit what someone would think of the band,” says Zonder. “If we named the band Scary Serpent it would give a certain direction and didn’t want people to prejudge us.”The band members are legendarily prolific, which allows for an amazing dynamic where, as Zonder explains, “when you find the right guys, you...

KATATONIA
"NIGHTMARES AS EXTENSIONS OF THE WAKING STATE"
Prog Black/ Death Metal
Year:30.05.2025
(NAPALM RECORDS)

Nightmares have never sounded so beautiful! Swedish grandeurs of melancholic heaviness, KATATONIA, return with Nightmares as Extensions of the Waking State, set for release on June 6, 2025 via Napalm Records. Once again, the Stockholm-based unit masterfully navigates the tightrope act between nocturnal darkness and Scandinavian despair while subtly weaving a sense of hope into the listener’s heart. Since emerging in the early nineties, KATATONIA has projected a beacon of light for the forgotten and the lonely ones, offering solace to those willing to lose themselves in the band’s immersive soundscapes. From their roots in death-doom metal to the post-metal entity they embody today, their art remains as haunting as ever. Nightmares as Extensions of the Waking State ma...

WARLORD
"THE LOST ARCHANGEL"
Heavy Metal
Year:27.06.2025
(High Roller Records)

When William J. Tsamis, founder of legendary epic metal masters Warlord, sadly passed away on the 13th of May 2021 at the age of only 60, it looked as if the premature death of one of the most creative forces in American metal had come. However, Warlord bounced back in 2024, with a new line-up and a brand new highly acclaimed studio album entitled "Free Spirit Soar" (on High Roller Records). This was quickly followed by "From The Ashes To The Archives - The Hot Pursuit Continues", a limited edition release to mark the occasion of the band's festival appearances in 2024 with returning Warlord vocalist Giles Lavery. (who also sings for Jack Starr and Alcatrazz). With a new studio album in the bag, it was time for the “reborn” Warlord to hit the road. In the summer of 2024, t...

Steve Di Giorgio/ Paul Thesseling - QUADVIUM
"TETRADOM"
Prog/ Fusion Death Metal
Year:30.05.2025
(Agonia Records)

"Tetradōm" is the debut album of the instrumental progressive metal-fusion quartet Quadvium, half in California - half in the Netherlands, founded in late 2019 by American bass player Steve Di Giorgio (Testament, Death) and Dutch bass player Jeroen Paul Thesseling (Obscura, Pestilence).Steve Di Giorgio and Jeroen Paul Thesseling are both innovators in bringing a different style of fretless bass playing to metal. Launching a band with two predominantly multi-string fretless bass players is no common occurrence, and the bass-duo felt they needed to take very special and deliberate time to get the right alignment with who is participating and what will be the end result - meaning the right sound and composition to represent this rare vision.Over time, together with Dutch master drummer Y...

MALEVOLENCE
"WHERE ONLY THE TRUTH IS SPOKEN"
Thrash/ Death Metal
Year:20.06.2025
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

Steel City Kings MALEVOLENCE have announced the details of their hugely anticipated new album, Where Only The Truth Is Spoken, set to be released on the 20th June via MLVLTD in partnership with Nuclear Blast Records.Alongside the news of their new album, MALEVOLENCE have also released the video for their monumental new single 'If It's All The Same To You'. Featuring acting legend Alan Ford, who most famously appeared as Brick Top in Guy Ritchie's classic British gangster film Snatch, the band's new video is their biggest visual production to date. It sees the five-piece take on an elaborate art heist, before engaging in a white knuckle car chase with the Police. There may even be some easter eggs to be found throughout that hint at what MALEVOLENCE have in store fo...

RIVERS OF NIHIL
"RIVERS OF NIHIL"
Black/ Doom Metal
Year:30.05.2025
(METAL BLADE RECORDS)

Sixteen years and five albums into the Pennsylvania band’s career, RIVERS OF NIHIL is upping the ante with Rivers Of Nihil. Traditionally, a self-titled record can signal a return to basics and/or a fresh beginning, and in ten powerful songs, it’s clear that both those factors are in play. Founding bassist Adam Biggs became the band’s new lead vocalist/bassist in 2023; the same year marked the appearance of additional guitarist Andy Thomas (ex-Black Crown Initiate), whose vocals also play prominently on Rivers Of Nihil. Producers Carson Slovak and Grant McFarland at Atrium Audio captured the new dynamics across more than fifty minutes of music.CD/ LP:1. The Sub-Orbital Blues2. Dustman3. Criminals4. Despair Church5. Water & Time6. House Of Light7. Evidence8. A...