Infinity Dream continues its ascent into the grand traditions of heavy metal with the release of their powerful new single, “Freeze” The track is the second single from their highly anticipated second full-length album, Silver Lining, set for release on October 17, 2025, via Nameless Grave Records.
Following last month’s “Lost Embrace” single, “Freeze” showcases the band’s mastery of atmosphere and dynamics. Majestic keyboards, harmonized guitars, and an anthemic blending of the mystique of occult rock with the hard-hitting power of classic metal.
For fans of Tony Martin-era Black Sabbath, Dio, and Rainbow, Infinity Dream crafts songs with emotional power and cinematic scope. Silver Lining promises to be their most ambitious work yet, pushing their sound into richer and more powerful territory.
The new single “Freeze” is available now on all digital streaming platforms.
New Orleans death thrash trio HERAKLEION will unleash Live Through Eternity independently on October 16th.
The nine-track live recording was captured on April 17th of this year at Chelsea’s Live in Baton Rouge, Louisiana while supporting Obituary. The album is the entire, unedited, and un-doctored HERAKLEION performance from the evening. It was engineered, mixed, and mastered by Paul Emden. No tracks were added or altered during or after the performance. This is the band, live off the soundboard, and nothing more.
The band comments, “Live Through Eternity captures everything about our live show that we felt the studio albums lack. Every song is faster, angrier, and tighter when we’re onstage. The recording took place at one show and was one continuous take. It wasn’t staged, overdubbed, or compiled over the course of an entire tour, and it wasn’t aligned to a grid. No dead air was cut. No extra crowd noise was added. Nothing was altered. What is on tape is what went on at the show. We’d just come off a tour with Exhorder and were supporting Obituary on this night. We were primed and ready for anything and anyone.”
Live Through Eternity will be released on CD and cassette formats with digital to follow at a later date. Find preorders HERE.
Live Through Eternity – Track Listing:
Herakleion
New Song
The Tomb
Curse Of Eternity
Cryogenic Death
Blood Of Nessus
Obsidian King
Where Crows Dare Not Go
Into… Necroverse
HERAKLEION’s Live Through Eternity will be released in conjunction with a trio of live dates supporting Cavalera. The band will also support Obituary in December and Acid Bath in March with more shows to be confirmed in the weeks to come. See all confirmed dates below.
HERAKLEION Live: 10/16/2025 White Oak Music Hall – Houston, TX w/ Cavalera 10/17/2025 Come And Take It Live – Austin, TX w/ Cavalera 10/18/2025 Ferris Wheeler’s Backyard BBQ – Dallas, TX w/ Cavalera 12/11/2025 The Handlebar – Pensacola, FL 12/12/2025 The Bark – Tallahassee, FL 12/14/2025 The Brass Mug – Tampa, FL w/ Obituary 3/21/2026 The Caverns – Pelham, TN w/ Acid Bath, Obituary SOLD OUT
Fast rising HERAKLEION released their critically adored Necroverse EP independently last Fall. The offering boasts five tracks of living, seething death thrash that serves as the listener’s vessel from the world of mortality into the realm of the dead. Songs focus on the morbid curiosity that humanity has with the afterlife.
HERAKLEION – named after an ancient Egyptian city that was thought to be a myth but was actually discovered underwater in 2000 – was forged in 2020 when drummer Speed Wilson, met guitarist/vocalist Apollo Xydias. Bassist Christian Woerner rounded out the lineup in April of the following year. Influenced by the likes of Morbid Angel, Pestilence, and Voïvod, the band spent the Summer writing and tracked what was intended to be their first demo.
Duane Simoneaux (Crowbar, Down, Exhorder) of OCD Recording And Production was brought in to mix and master those tracks, which saw release as the band’s debut EP, Curse Of Eternity, in February 2022. Since that time, HERAKLEION has been booking itself across the Southeast US to promote their debut, including a handful of small tours with Goatwhore, Skeletal Remains, Exhorder, and more.
Dêmocide, the new full-length from Portland, Oregon’s DISPOSSESSED, is out now and streaming via Carbonized Records!
Dêmocide contains five tracks of devastating, sludgy doom. Recorded by Mike Vera at VeraTone (Juliana Hatfield, Great Falls), mastered by James Plotkin at Plotkinworks (Earth, Sunn O))), Khanate, Amarok), and completed with cover art by Abomination Hammer, the track “If I Must Die” features synthesizers by B. Pierpont and an original poem by Dr. Refaat Alareer. Dêmocide reflects the band’s ongoing commitment to challenging silence and injustice through sound; direct, unrelenting, and deeply resonant.
Dêmocide is out now on LP, CD, MC, and digitally. Find orders at the Carbonized Records webshop HEREand Bandcamp HERE.
Dêmocide – Track Listing:
Exanimate
Concrete Tomb
Opulent Doom
Watan
If I Must Die
DISPOSSESSED just kicked off their West Coast tour in support of Dêmocide’s release. The journey commenced with a hometown record release show September 27th. See all confirmed dates below.
DISPOSSESSED Live: 10/03/2025 Waterfront Skatepark – Bellingham, WA 10/04/2025 Red Gate– Vancouver, BC 10/05/2025 Slice Of Life Pizza – Tacoma, WA 10/06/2025 Jules Maes – Seattle, WA 10/07/2025 The Crypt – Olympia, WA 10/08/2025 Naked Lounge – Chico, CA 10/09/2025 Cafe Colonial – Sacramento, CA 10/10/2025 Arcata @ Moss Oak Commons– Eureka, CA 10/11/2025 Hesher’s Pizza – Oakland, CA
DISPOSSESSED infuses elements of sludge, doom, and death metal into a commanding sound rooted in anger, despair, and political resistance. Formed in 2014, the band emerged from Portland’s metal scene with a mission to confront systems of oppression through uncompromising, feedback-driven music.
Their sound combines slow-burning riffs, bleak atmospheres, and a raw, aggressive energy that draws influence from bands like Corrupted, Asunder, Winter, and Grief. Lyrically and thematically, DISPOSSESSED engages directly with issues such as systemic violence, environmental destruction, and carceral injustice, grounding their work in anti-authoritarian ideals.
Back in 2019, DISPOSSESSED released their debut full-length, Exanimate, a searing critique of societal collapse. They returned in 2022 with the “Makhnovshchina” single, continuing to explore revolutionary themes through crushing, emotionally charged compositions.
One Band To Conquer Them All! After another successful year in 2025, to send one unsigned and independent American band to play the world’s most prestigious and largest already sold-out metal festivals, Wacken Open Air, Wacken Metal Battle USA announces submissions for the 2026 battle are now open as of October 1st until December 1st
“I am beyond stoked to bring back the Wacken Metal Battle to the US. Every year we get invited to participate is an opportunity to grow. This year will be no different. We will be bringing back some cities that haven’t participated in a few years, and we will be adding at least one new city/state to the competition. Do you have what it takes to represent the US at Wacken? Sign up now!” – Eric Dow – Artist & Promoter Relations.
The 2026 WMBU champion will receive the following:
A slot at the 2025 Wacken Open Air Festival.
Full professional backline provided.
$1,000 USD towards flights to Germany.
VIP camping at the festival.
At the 2025 WMBU national finals held this past June at Dingbatz in Clifton, NJ, Southern California and Arizona-based band MOURNING HIGH emerged as the seventh champion selected to represent the United States at the prestigious international showdown, Wacken Open Air, that took place from July 30th to August 2nd in Wacken, Germany, where over 185,000 attendees from around the world gathered.
Mourning High, crowned the West Coast Winner, competed alongside five other standout American bands:PRIME PROPHECY(New Jersey), WHAT’S WRONG(Pacific Northwest), PONTIFEX (Florida), FIREHAZE(East Coast), and BROKEN TIME (Texas).
A panel of seasoned industry professionals, including Jeff Buttermark (FM Management), Shawn Quinn (Napalm Records/FM Management), and Rob Caggiano (formerly of Anthrax and Volbeat), ultimately selected Mourning High as the top U.S. act to perform at the International Wacken Battle.
For the last 7 years of battles (2017-2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025), Wacken Metal Battle USAhas hosted battles across the country to send one independent metal band to perform at the world’s largest metal festival, Wacken Open Air in Wacken, Germany. 2019 saw the festival celebrate its 30th anniversary, but due to COVID, the 2020 and 2021 editions were both canceled. As the metal community regains its strength, Wacken Open Air 2026 will be the 35th edition of the festival and will be held from July 29th to August 1st.
The 2026 event is already sold out with a line-up that includes Def Leppard, Lamb Of God, In Flames, Powerwolf, Emperor, Sepultura, and Running Wild, among others. Details here.
Wacken Metal Battle USA is part of an international competition that sees bands from across the country battle each other for the chance to win their spot among over 55 other countries’ champions, and represent the USA in an international battle of the bands at the world’s largest outdoor metal festival: Wacken Open Air. The battles have been hosted at the festival for over a decade and give independent bands the opportunity to showcase their talents to an international audience, along with the chance to win multiple prizes.
How it works: Participating cities will host qualifying rounds plus a city final organized by a local city concert promoter, where one band will move forward to the American national final (date and city to be determined). The winner of the national final will move on to perform at the Wacken Open Air 2026 and compete against the winners of 30 other countries in a final global battle. All bands will be judged during battle rounds by respected local music industry representatives.
Black Sites In Lower Chambersshowcases WILD BEYOND‘s signature speed and frenzied riffs that evoke the frosty atmosphere of first and second waves of black metal. There is more to the band’s sound as WILD BEYOND‘s edges are sharpened with a chaotic, yet melodic, thrash attack. Vocalist/guitarist Edward Gonet spews venom-coated lyrics that explore the intersection of the occult with the military industrial complex, and other esoteric ephemera.
WILD BEYOND’s Black Sites In Lower Chambers is a predominantly self-recorded EP. The tracks were recorded in abyssal basements and smoky rehearsal rooms in order to capture the intensity of the band’s live performance on the EP.
The EP also concludes with a cover of DIMMU BORGIR’s “Spellbound (By The Devil),” with its pummeling drums and meticulous keyboards faithfully recreated by drummer Evan Madden and bassist Jimmy Viola.
Black Sites In Lower Chambers is set to be unveiled onOctober 17, 2025, via Fiadh Productions.
Black Sites In Lower Chambers – Track Listing:
Dream State Abductions (instrumental)
Slaughtering The Lion
Thy Entrance, Night
Visions Before The Seizure
Spellbound (By The Devil)
About WILD BEYOND: Philadelphia’s black metal trio WILD BEYOND explore vast atmospheres through black metal with the enhanced ferocity of thrash influences. WILD BEYOND‘s story begins with an impulse purchase of a Randy Rhoads Flying V guitar by Gonet (DEAVA, ex-INFERNAL STRONGHOLD), that kicked off a creative compulsion of songwriting in this dark, yet intense style.
Introduced a year later to Jimmy Viola and Evan Madden (ex-WOE and WOODS OF YPRES), the trio soon embarked on bringing Gonet’s demos to life. The result, was the 2023 debut album Wild Beyond, released via Cruz Del Sur/Gates Of Hell records. Black Sites In Lower Chambers follows the full-length in a blaze of ominous eccentricity.
WILD BEYOND: Edward Gonet III: Vocals, guitars, lyrics Evan Madden: Drums Jimmy Viola: Bass, keyboards, additional guitars
Credits: Mixed and mastered by Ryan Mulvanerty. Cover art photo by Elizabeth D’Ambrosio, logo and layout by Chanda Gonet. Band photo by Matthew Decker. Drums recorded by Ryan Mulvanerty at Granny’s Lodge in Philadelphia. Guitars, bass, keyboards and vocals recorded by Jimmy Viola at Red Planet Room 10 and House Riot, Philadelphia.
Seeking The Absolute Full-Length Nears October 24th Release On Metal Blade Records
“Until Now” is the latest single from Chinese Mongolian progressive metal collective NINE TREASURES. The track appears on the band’s stunning Seeking TheAbsolute full-length, set for release on October 24th via Metal Blade Records.
Offers vocalist/guitarist Askhan on the track, “The first riff of ‘Until Now’ came to life in early 2021 and it eventually became the opening chapter of this album. After releasing our last record, Wisdom Eyes, we kept writing new material, but nothing felt right. We didn’t want to repeat ourselves. We were searching for something more honest, more satisfying. So we scrapped over twenty songs and started from scratch. It was a heavy moment. We had no idea what direction to take, whether we’d even be able to finish the album, or if any of it would succeed. We were deep in a fog of uncertainty.”
“Then one morning, while playing the tovshuur [Mongolian plucked musical instrument], I stumbled upon a sliding riff that just clicked. We kept refining it again and again until it became the final version; recorded, once again, in Los Angeles. Midway through, the track breaks into a stream-of-consciousness improvisation, wild and free. Every time we perform it, it feels like riding a wave that just keeps rising and rolling. We get completely lost in it and we love it.”
Formed by vocalist/guitarist Askhan in 2010 in the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia in China, NINE TREASURES delivers a unique combination of heavy metal and traditional Mongolian instrumentation, utilizing both conventional vocals and Mongolian throat singing. Guitars, bass, and drums collide with indigenous string instruments including the balalaika and the morin khuur (horsehead fiddle), resulting in a sonic kaleidoscope that follows no set template.
NINE TREASURES moves easily from a straight-up headbanging style to the more atmospheric progressive style. Guitar-wise, Askhan infuses a lot of Mongolian playing techniques and songwriting logic into his playing and is excited for the “fresh blood” it adds to the band’s sound. The quintet’s varied approaches and universal messaging will allow them to tour with any musically progressive band, be it Amon Amarth or Tool.
Playing 100-plus festival shows and headlining gigs per year in Asia, to audiences of up to 50,000, and with four albums to their name, NINE TREASURES are at the top of their proverbial game and ready to conquer the Western world. Seeking The Absolute is their first record for Metal Blade, and first LP to have a worldwide release.
Oct. 2, 2025 — RICHMOND, Va. – Lamb of God return with “Sepsis” (https://Lamb-of-God.lnk.to/Sepsis), a visceral, menacing new single out now via Epic Records, marking the GRAMMY® Award-nominated band’s first new original music since 2022’s critically revered album, Omens.
Produced by longtime collaborator Josh Wilbur, the three-and-a-half minute track arrives alongside a grainy, lo-fi performance video (https://lamb-of-god.lnk.to/sepsisofficial) that offers a moody, unfiltered look at Richmond’s underbelly. Directed by Gianfranco Svagelj, the video captures the song’s slow-burning tension.
“‘Sepsis’ is a celebration of the very underground local bands here in Richmond, that we really admired, when we were just forming Burn the Priest,” Mark Morton shares. “Bands like Breadwinner, Sliang Laos, and Ladyfinger. Though they never got widespread attention outside of Richmond, those were the bands we listened to all the time. The song references that stuff in a way that’s a direct line to where we were coming from when we were in the basement writing our earliest material together.”
“Sepsis” digital cover art
“Sepsis” arrives during a milestone year for Lamb of God. In 2025, the band celebrated the 25th anniversary of their discography, performed at the historic “Back to the Beginning” concert and subsequently released their thunderous take on Black Sabbath’s “Children of the Grave,” along with appearances at several festivals including Inkcarceration and Louder Than Life, and a headlining show at Richmond’s new 7500-seat outdoor venue, Allianz Amphitheater, during its opening season.
As the year closes, Lamb of God have several performances ahead of them, including outings at Aftershock, AMMA Championship Fest, and the band’s Headbangers Boat cruise (Oct. 31 to Nov. 4), a four-day floating festival departing from Miami with a stop in Cozumel, Mexico.
The line-up features performances from Clutch, Kublai Khan TX, Power Trip, Obituary, Devil Driver, Fear Factory, The Black Dahlia Murder, The Exploited, Crowbar, Nekrogoblikon, Eighteen Visions, Gideon, Walls of Jericho, Category 7, Brat, comics Josh Potter and Saul Trujillo, with appearances from Jose Mangin and Riki Rachtman. Tickets are available at Headbangersboat.com.
Lamb of God tour dates:
October 3 Sacramento, CA Aftershock Festival October 18 Canton, OH Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium October 31 – November 4 Miami, FL Headbangers Boat November 6 Monterrey, MX Showcenter Complex July 27 – 31 Râşnov, RO Rockstadt Extreme Fest August 1 Wacken, DE Wacken Open Air 2026 August 7 Walton-on-Trent, UK Bloodstock Open Air 2026 August 12 – 16 Dinkelsbühl, DE Summer Breeze August 13 – 15 Sulingen, DE Reload Festival August 14 – 16 Eindhoven, NL Dynamo Metalfest
Tickets for all shows are available now via Lamb of God’s website.
Photo credit: Travis Shinn
Lamb of God is Randy Blythe (vocals), John Campbell (bass), Mark Morton (guitar), Willie Adler (guitar) and Art Cruz (drums). Formed in 1994, the Richmond, Va.-based band has released nine critically-acclaimed albums, received five GRAMMY® Award nominations, sold over 3 million albums, packed arenas around the world, and tallied over one billion streams and counting.
Widely regarded as one of the most influential and innovative forces in modern heavy music, Lamb of God’s most recent collection, Omens, arrived in late 2022 , marking their sixth consecutive album to debut in the Top 15 of on the Billboard 200. Kerrang! noted that the album finds the band “as reliably heavy, violent, and pissed off as ever,” and Consequence said the “album will break you down to nihilistic pieces.”
Debut album The Fate Of All Life – a monument to the reality of the human condition, exploring themes of cyclical suffering and death – out on 17 October via These Hands Melt
Australian darkwave/industrial black metal act IRREPARABLE have unveiled their new single, “Forever Remain”. It is a powerful and intense piece from their upcoming debut album, The Fate Of All Life, and features a guest appearance by acclaimed violinist Hayley Anderson (Aquilus, Suldusk).
The band commented: “When Death finally frees you from the pain of suffering, what worse Hell to awake to than a rebirth into the same cycle? This is the idea behind the content of ‘Forever Remain’. A track that well defines the concept of the new album ‘The Fate Of All Life’. One of the last tracks written for the album, it is particularly intense and features an outro of an incredibly mournful violin section that was written and performed by Hayley Anderson from Aquilus and Suldusk. The video was filmed in Lithuania by an amazing team that truly brought to life (and death) the vision.”
The new single is also now available to listen to via all major streaming services.
“Forever Remain” follows the release of the single “Failure to Thrive” and is the second single from the band’s upcoming debut album set for release on 17 October via These Hands Melt.
The Fate Of All Life sees the band weave together industrial black metal, goth and darkwave to create a sound that is both haunting and cathartic. The album is a monument to the reality of the human condition, exploring themes of cyclical suffering and death. IRREPARABLE has expertly laid the foundations of a personal apocalypse, which is reflected in their poignant quote: “We rise to the sky from the sea, only to come pouring down”.
The band will celebrate the release of The Fate Of All Life at The Leadbeater, Richmond, VIC (Australia) with Burden Man, The Nihilistic Front and Nighteyes on November 29th.
Emerging from the crucible of reinvention, BURIAL PATH, one of the most electrifying voices in the deathcore underground, has released their latest single “Magnum Opus.”
From the opening surge to its final resonance, “Magnum Opus” embodies the transformative journey of the self: from destruction, to dissolution, to rebirth in gold. It is a sonic alchemy that combines visceral intensity with hauntingly ethereal soundscapes, evoking both the brutality of collapse and the beauty of transcendence.
“From flame to form, the self dissolves and reignites. Gold flows where the old self burned. The great work begins,” the band declares.
The single’s lyrics delve deep into themes of ego death, purification, and rebirth, drawing on esoteric imagery:
‘Calcination, a rebirth takes hold, Through vitriol these veins flow of gold. Ego death, reflection, unification within the cycle…’
With “Magnum Opus”BURIAL PATH continues to redefine deathcore, expanding the genre’s boundaries with both philosophical depth and sonic ferocity. The track serves not only as a declaration of artistic evolution but also as a ritualistic invocation, a call to embrace transformation in all its violent, radiant beauty.
About BURIAL PATH:
Formed in 2023, BURIAL PATH consists of Aïcha Finnleikr (vocals) and Jack B (guitar) from Texas, and Nebraskan Matthew McClure (guitar). Their sound is a refined evolution of Deathcore, leveraging modern production to craft an atmosphere that is both entrancing and resonant, designed to evoke deep emotions and provoke thoughtful introspection through their music.
German dark power metal force ORDEN OGAN have dropped a thunderous new live version of their fan-favorite track “Conquest”, taken from their latest full-length The Order Of Fear, released in July 2024 via Reigning PhoenixMusic.
Recorded during the band’s Tour of Fear in the sold-out Turbinenhalle in Oberhausen, Germany, this version captures the raw intensity and electric communion between the band and their audience. “Conquest” has quickly risen to become a staple in the ORDEN OGAN setlist, and this live cut shows exactly why: riffs sharp as steel, massive choruses, and a crowd roaring as one. ORDEN OGAN once again prove that true power metal lives on stage: loud, larger than life, and unforgettable!
Frontman Sebastian “Seeb” Levermann states:
“’Conquest’ has become one of the absolute fan favorites within the last 12 months since the release of The Order of Fear. This recording was captured in the sold-out Turbinenhalle (Oberhausen, Germany) on ORDEN OGAN’s Tour of Fear. I think we managed to capture the energy between band and audience. Enjoy!”
ORDEN OGAN are: Sebastian “Seeb” Levermann | vocals Niels Löffler | guitars Patrick Sperling | guitars Steven Wussow | bass Dirk Meyer-Berhorn | drums
Don’t miss the chance to experience “Conquest” and other ORDEN OGAN hymns live on their upcoming tour with WIND ROSE and ANGUS MCSIX:
WIND ROSE – Tourslayer Europe 2025 w/ ORDEN OGAN, ANGUS MCSIX: 02.10.2025 – Budapest, HU – Barba Negra 03.10.2025 – München, DE – Tonhalle 04.10.2025 – Zlin, CZ – Masters of Rock Cafe 05.10.2025 – Leipzig, DE – Felsenkeller 07.10.2025 – Warsaw, PL – Progresja 08.10.2025 – Berlin, DE – Astra 09.10.2025 – Hamburg, DE – Große Freiheit 36 10.10.2025 – Copenhagen, DK – Amager Bio 11.10.2025 – Köln, DE – Carlswerk Victoria 12.10.2025 – Utrecht, NL – Tivoli Vredenburg 14.10.2025 – London, UK – Electric Brixton 15.10.2025 – Antwerpen, BE – Trix 16.10.2025 – Paris, FR – Bataclan 17.10.2025 – Lyon, FR – La Rayonne 18.10.2025 – Pratteln, CH – Z7 20.10.2025 – Wien, AT – Arena 21.10.2025 – Prag, CZ – Meetfactory 22.10.2025 – Frankfurt, DE – Batschkapp 23.10.2025 – Stuttgart, DE – LKA Longhorn 24.10.2025 – Geiselwind, DE – Musichall 25.10.2025 – Mailand, IT – Alcatraz Tickets & Info: https://ordenogan.de/pages/on-tour
The Order Of Fear was released on July 5, 2024, through RPM as an exclusive box-set (including a CD-digipak and a unique board game for up to 32 players to make fans act as various characters of the ORDEN OGAN world), coloured 1LP vinyl (splatter, crystal clear or clear turquoise), and CD-digipak.
July 31st – Aug 2nd – Camping & Extreme Music In Alberta’s Badlands – Drumheller, AB
Hashtags #LAHXIV, #LAHOA, #LAHOA2026
Set against the rugged backdrop of Alberta’s badlands, where sculpted sandstone, wind-carved hoodoos, and sweeping canyons dominate the landscape, Canada’s most decibel-breaking extreme music gathering, the Loud As Hell Open Air Festival, returns for its 14th edition in 2026. From July 31st to August 2nd, Drumheller’s Dinosaurs Down Stampede will erupt with the ferocity of rising Canadian and international metal acts, roaring through the heart of the nation’s largest dinosaur fossil beds.
Band submissions for the 2026 edition officially open on October 1st and will be accepted until October 31st. This is your band’s chance to join one of the loudest and most brutal festivals in Canada, where underground talent meets prehistoric fury.
Early Bird tickets go on sale December 1st, 2026. Don’t miss your chance to lock in the loudest weekend of the summer at a killer price. Get ready for prehistoric heaviness and decibel-shattering performances in one of Canada’s most surreal landscapes. Loud As Hell is coming… and it’s going to be louder than ever.
The 2025 edition of Loud As Hell delivered three relentless days of headbanging, moshing, and pure metal chaos, featuring over 40 bands from Canada, the U.S., and Mexico.
Acts like Revocation, Insurrection, First Fragment, Gorgatron, Filth, Opal in Sky, Judicator, Beguiler, Gore Pig, Spit On Your Grave, Hazzerd, Cyborg Octopus, and Thirteen Goats tore through the badlands with crushing performances. The festival even hosted a heavy metal wedding, adding a unique twist to the weekend’s sonic carnage (video).
Since launching in 2012, Loud As Hell Open Air Festival has cemented its place as a cornerstone of Canada’s extreme music scene, showcasing hundreds of bands from across the country and around the world, save for a brief pause in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Over the years, the festival has hosted heavyweights like Beyond Creation, Striker, Green Jelly, The Convalescence, Jungle Rot, Narcotic Wasteland, Into Eternity, Goatwhore, Fit for An Autopsy, Archspire, Unleash The Archers, Protest the Hero, AngelMaker, and many more, drawing metalheads from coast to coast for a weekend of sonic devastation.
In 2026, Loud As Hell returns for its 14th edition, presented by Loud As Hell Productions, Jurassic Ink Custom Tattoo, Prairie Fire Events, and Asher Media Relations. Renowned for delivering one of the most punishing lineups in Western Canada, the festival promises another unforgettable experience packed with crushing performances, freak shows, burlesque acts, clinics, vendors, and yes, dinosaurs. Loud As Hell isn’t just a festival. It’s a full-throttle celebration of metal mayhem.
Olesin joins Devoted Art Propaganda with the release of their self-titled demo. It’s set for a 31 October 2025 as a cassette. To mark the announcement, the band has premiered an advance track from the release, now available to stream on their Bandcamp page and YouTube.
Olesin is a forest in eastern Poland, a place of ruined palaces with lions, libations, fights, suicides, drownings, mysterious candles, and the birthplace of figures who changed the course of history. A place of hunting returns. Just like home. Their music is a raw, chaotic and Bergmansk form of black metal, channeling the turbulent and haunted essence of their origins.
To hear the advance track and for more information, visit the band’s Bandcamp page: https://olesin.bandcamp.com/
The mystic Canadians Finnr’sCane returns with their self-titled fourth album, a haunting and introspective journey through the frozen landscapes of the mind. Released in the US on September 26th, the album marks their debut with renowned label Nordvis Produktion, and is a powerful continuation of their unique blend of atmospheric black metal, doom, and ambient music.
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Hailing from the icy expanse of Sudbury, Ontario, Finnr’sCane has always operated on the fringes, letting their music speak for itself. The band has forged a distinctive sound by forgoing a traditional bass in favor of the melancholic, resonant tones of a cello. This unconventional instrumentation, combined with an improvisational songwriting approach, creates an organic, almost ritualistic quality to their music.
Their new album, arriving just in time for the end of summer and rise of the autumn, delves deep into themes of nature, introspection, and the spiritual connection to the land. It is an album that unfolds slowly, building from somber acoustic passages to powerful, distorted crescendos. The cello remains a central pillar, providing a deep, mournful resonance that sets their sound apart.
For fans of Agalloch, Wolves in the Throne Room, and Fen, this record is a compelling exploration of liminal spaces and the sacred elements of the wilderness.
Thrash Metal Icons Flotsam and Jetsam Sign Worldwide Contract With Napalm Records! New Music Coming Soon!
Michael Gilbert of FLOTSAM AND JETSAM offers about the signing: “We are extremely excited about working with Napalm! They are an amazing company that is very passionate about metal music, just like FLOTSAM AND JETSAM is. Everyone in the band looks forward to a great relationship with a very like-minded company!”
Napalm Records Senior A&R Sebastian Münch adds: “We’ve been very impressed by Blood In The Water and I Am The Weapon, the two amazing Power/Thrash Metal albums that FLOTSAM AND JETSAM have released in recent years. Due to that and their legendary metal status, we are absolutely thrilled and proud to work alongside the band as they continue their legacy! Welcome to the Napalm family!”
Fresh off of their successful recent European tour, FLOTSAM AND JETSAM are thrilled to announce their brand new partnership with Napalm Records! The American thrash metal legends have signed a worldwide contract with the premier rock and metal label, and are preparing to release new music soon.
A new era is dawning for the Arizona metal icons. With their iconic mascot Flotzilla growing more menacing with each release (just like the band themselves!), FLOTSAM AND JETSAM’s work on their upcoming 16th studio album keeps the heavy momentum moving. Currently in production and slated for a 2026 release, it’ll mark nearly 40 years since the band’s groundbreaking debut, Doomsday for the Deceiver.
The band’s current lineup is arguably its strongest ever. Frontman AK Knutson continues bringing the magic, steadily improving his craft with every album and tour. He’s backed by the incredibly talented, exceptionally brilliant guitar duo of co-founder Michael Gilbert and Steve Conley, the powerful, precise and lightning fast magic of drummer Ken K Mary (Alice Cooper, Accept), and the “fresh blood”, extraordinary technical skills and prowess of bassist Bill Bodily.
Friends, we are returning to the USA and Canada in 2026, and we are bringing Legends On Tour to your doorstep! We have a total of 24 shows lined up for the USA and 7 shows in Canada – a full-scale heavy metal invasion in honour of our new album “Legends”, out October 17th.
FEBRUARY – USA: 09 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL, War Memorial Auditorium 10 – Tampa, FL, Yuengling Center 13 – Houston, TX, 713 Music Hall 14 – Dallas, TX, South Side Ballroom 15 – San Antonio, TX, Boeing Center at Tech Port 18 – Phoenix, AZ, Arizona Financial Theatre 20 – Los Angeles, CA, The Kia Forum 21 – Wheatland, CA, Hard Rock Live 24 – Salt Lake City, UT, The Union Event Centre 26 – Loveland, CO, Blue FCU Arena 27 – Omaha, NE, Steelhouse Omaha, 28 – St. Louis, MO, The Factory
MARCH – USA: 02 – Des Moines, IA, Vibrant Music Hall 03 – Minneapolis, MN, The Armory 04 – Chicago, IL, The Salt Shed 07 – Cincinnati, OH, The Andrew J Brady Music Center 08 – Detroit, MI, The Fillmore 10 – Pittsburgh, PA, UPMC Events Center 11 – Philadelphia, PA, The Met 12 – Boston, MA, MGM Music Hall at Fenway 14 – Virginia Beach, VA, The Dome 15 – Washington DC, The Theater at MGM National Harbor 17 – Greensboro, NC, Greensboro Event Center 18 – Atlanta, GA, Coca-Cola Roxy
APRIL – CANADA: 06 – Halifax, NS, Scotiabank Centre 09 – Laval, QC, Place Bell 11 – Toronto, ON, Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto 14 – Winnipeg, MB, Burton Cummings Theatre 17 – Edmonton, AB, Edmonton Convention Centre 18 – Calgary, AB, Grey Eagle Event Centre 20 – Vancouver, BC, PNE Forum
Avant-garde doom co-conspirators BELL WITCH and AERIAL RUIN continue their fifteen-year collaboration on Stygian Bough Vol. II this fall. Today, they tease this long-awaited follow-up of their critically lauded first partnership, 2020’s Stygian Bough Vol. I.
Helmed by Dylan Desmond, Jesse Shreibman and Erik Moggridge, the alliance has teased the impending release of Stygian Bough Vol. II, with the first taste of new music in the video filmed and edited by Bobby CochranHERE.
Commenting on the teaser, Desmond says: “Bobby Cochran expertly used Sergei Parajanov’s ‘The Color of Pomegranates’ as a muse for this trailer that perfectly captures the dreamlike qualities of the music.”
Additionally, the bands will unite to perform the new record, Stygian Bough Vol. II, on a European tour to take place in January/February 2026, with support from 40 WATT SUN.
Desmond adds about the tour: “We’re very excited to finally perform Stygian Bough Volume II live!”
Additional information regarding Stygian Bough Vol. II will be revealed in the coming months.
1/26/2026 – Warsaw, PL – Voodoo 1/27/2026 – Wroclaw, PL – Łącznik 1/28/2026 – Brno, CZ – Kabinet Muz 1/29/2026 – Vienna, AT – Arena 1/30/2026 – Munich, DE – Feierwerk 1/31/2026 – Dresden, DE – Club Pushkin 2/01/2026 – Munster, DE – Sputnikhalle 2/03/2026 – Paris, FR – Backstage By The Mill 2/05/2026 – London, UK – The Dome 2/06/2026 – Newcastle, UK – Cluny 2/07/2026 – Glasgow, UK – Stereo 2/08/2026 – Sheffield, UK – Corporation 2/09/2026 – Manchester, UK – Rebellion 2/10/2026 – Birmingham, UK – Hare & Hounds 2/12/2026 – Brussels, BE – Magasin 4 2/13/2026 – Nijmegen, NL – Doornroosje 2/14/2026 – Hannover, DE – Cafe Glocksee
AboutSTYGIAN BOUGH:
In our human minds, according to the Law of Contagious Magic as described in The Golden Bough by anthropologist James Frazer, contact between two objects creates an inseparable thread between them. A gift from a dead friend forever holds this magic like a scar reflecting a wound. Similarly, a piece of food that touches the floor is suddenly abject and rotten.
Pairing this notion with the Law of Similarity Magic, as described by Frazer, where an object resembling another can share its power, a musical notion can be understood to serve as an unbodied conduit of such magics; an emotional contact between the music and audience wherein such sorcery threads an inseparable seam that, for a time, resemble each other.
Aptly named in reference to the aforementioned book, Stygian Bough, the collaboration between Bell Witch (Dylan Desmond, Jesse Shreibman) and Aerial Ruin (Erik Moggridge) enlivens its unbodied presence resembling both projects as a conduit in its own separate entity.
The partnership at the center of Stygian Bough is over in a decade in the making, growing from Moggridge’s recurring contributions to the Bell Witch catalog. Their initial collusion occurring on the debut Bell Witch album Longing (2012) following which, Moggridge would return to guest on both Four Phantoms (2015) and Mirror Reaper (2017).
Streaming Single “Blood Drowned Prophecy” ft. Liv Jagrell (Liv Sin)
Canada’s undisputed Thrash Metal Gods Triskelyon return with their long-awaited 4th full-length,Maelstrom of Chaos, a relentless storm of speed, fury, and precision due out on November 28th, via Moribund Records.
Formed in 2021 by guitarist Geoff Waye of the acclaimed True Metal band Category VI, Triskelyon came roaring out of the gate with their self-titled EP and landed a deal with Moribund Records for their chart-crushing debut, Downfall (2022). They followed with the bone-splitting Artificial Insanity (2023), dominating radio for six weeks, followed by the apocalyptic Shattered Elysium (2024). Each release bigger, faster, heavier… and now comes the ultimate Thrash onslaught “Maelstrom of Chaos”.
For Maelstrom of Chaos, mastermind Geoff Waye once again summons an all-star cast of metal warriors from the Canadian scene and from the global scene. Enlisting the vocal talents of guests Liv Jagrell (Liv Sin), Amanda Jackman (Category VI), James Delbridge (Lycanthro), Carolina Padrón (Tribus, Bloodrain), Dale Drew (Sea Dogs), and Pete Healey (Marshall Law, Ex Oberon), this album reigns as a true Thrash Metal masterpiece.
On drums, the thunder is split between Raul Marques (Burning Torment) and Nicole Trinchero (Chaos Rising, Acroma), while bass devastation comes courtesy of Dwayne Pike (Afterforever), Rick White (Within the Realm, Exorcist), and Darrin Pope.
In true Triskelyon fashion, expect more than Thrash – this is a molten fusion of Thrash, Speed, Power, Death-Thrash, and Traditional Metal. Wild and impressive, explosive riffs, razor-sharp solos, and skull-crushing rhythms resurrect the glory of the ‘80s while forging it into something bigger, louder, and deadlier for today.
In keeping with Triskelyon‘s tradition of closing their albums with an iconic cover, this release delivers the heaviest Metal rendition of Peter Schilling’s mega-hit “Major Tom” that the world will ever hear!
Maelstrom of Chaos is not just an album – it’s a Thrash Metal supernova. Brace yourself.
Track Listing: 1. Of Dust and Divination (4:49) 2. The Winter Tsar (4:02) 3. Maelstrom of Chaos (4:24) 4. Unit 684 (4:21) 5. Blood Drowned Prophecy (4:10) 6. Death Racer (4:24) 7. Blame Game (4:27) 8. Divide and Dissent (3:53) 9. Cretin (5:08) 10. Major Tom (cover) (5:22)
European Tour Dates in Support of WOLFHEART Posted Below
Greek heavy groove juggernaut Full House Brew Crew have announced the release of their brand-new studio album Glasgow Grin, set to arrive on February 6th, 2026 via ROAR! The US release will follow on March 6th, 2026.
To mark the occasion, the band unleashes the crushing first single “No Gods, No Chains”, accompanied by an official video that sets the tone for what’s to come. The band comments: “We are not slowing down. We are not compromising. We are only getting started!”
Flmed at Atlas Audio & Visual Studios and produced by Domenik Papaemmanouil – Lensorama, the video for “No Gods, No Chains” is now premiering HERE
With their upcoming new album Glasgow Grin, Full House Brew Crew are back with a vengeance. Led by frontman and guitarist Vagelis Karzis, (current member of Wolfheart and former guitarist of Rotting Christ), the band is ready to unleash their signature brand of American-inspired Heavy Groove Metal on familiar and new audiences.
Glasgow Grin reflects the band’s current violent state of mind: pure aggression and power throughout. “We let ourselves loose and did what felt natural to us, not trying to push the songwriting in any direction other than what fits best for the song,” says Karzis. For the first time, the band worked with Finnish sound engineer Saku Moilanen at Deep Noise Studios, who mixed and mastered Glasgow Grin.
Lyrically, Vagelis digs deep into internal struggles, day-to-day battles, and personal injustices, always channeling tension and anger. “Like always, the band is moving towards a direction that feels best for us. That is the main reason we always evolve, we make changes, we take risks and that excites us. We created many albums and each represents a different musical state. Glasgow Grin is our proudest piece of work so far. We worked more like a team and didn’t hold back for any mainstream reasons.”
Glasgow Grin – Track Listing: 1. Glasgow Grin 2. No Gods, No Chains 3. The Tear 4. The Other Side 5. Free Fall 6. Rain 7. From The Gutter 8. Distant Star 9. Crawling 10. Reign of Terror
Full House Brew Crew: Vagelis Karzis – Vocals / Guitars Spiros Dafalias – Bass Giorgios Tzatzakis – Guitars Chris Borméy – Drums
Full House Brew Crew is currently joined with Wolfheart in support of their European tour. Find all dates listed below:
25.09.2025 NL Utrecht – De Helling 26.09.2025 DE Herford – KulturWerk 27.09.2025 DE Siegburg – Kubana 29.09.2025 FR Paris – Backstage By The Mill 30.09.2025 BE Kortrijk – DVG Club 01.10.2025 DE Hamburg – Logo 02.10.2025 DE Leipzig – Hellraiser 03.10.2025 DE Essen – Turock 04.10.2025 DE Weinheim – Café Central 05.10.2025 HU Budapest – Analog Music Hall 06.10.2025 PL Kraków – Klub Zaścianek 07.10.2025 SK Košice – Collosseum 08.10.2025 CZ Prague – Rock Café 09.10.2025 SI Ljubljana – Orto Bar 10.10.2025 IT Paderno Dugnano (MI) – Slaughter Club 11.10.2025 CH Zug – Chollerhalle 12.10.2025 DE Lindau – Club Vaudeville 13.10.2025 DE Munich – Backstage
Missouri metal band DEGRAVE are threatening the status quo with the release of their new album, Metalithic. The band’s fourth and most maniacal album boasts 9 unyielding tracks of pure, bullshit-free metal.
Metalithic is out now on ShredHead Records. Stream the album on Spotify and Apple Music.
DEGRAVE will mark the release of Metalithic with a CD Release show at Rose Music Hall in Columbia, MO on Saturday, September 27. Support will come from Orphan Source and Soul Terminus. For tickets, visit rosemusichall.com
Check out the official music video for the album’s lead single, “Every Fucking Day.” Watch now at this location.
Metalithic – Track list: 1) Usurper of Flame 2) Sing the Body Electric 3) Every Fucking Day 4) Lockdown 5) Abort the Court 6) Living In A Smokescreen 7) Ignis Accendere 8) Burn Up the Sky 9) Death Is
Metalithic was produced by Chad Brown and DEGRAVE. The album was recorded by Conrad Hildebrand at Five Turn Production Studios, and mixed and mastered by John Breeden of Johnny DCat Entertainment.
Formed in 2016, DEGRAVE is an intense four-piece metal act, schooled by metal masters of the past. The band showcases a highly-crafted musical skill with originality, and not accompanied by any pretentious attitude. Thrash or be thrashed!
For fans of Anthrax, D.R.I., Exodus, Motorhead, Municipal Waste, Obituary, Overkill, Pantera, Slayer, and Toxic Holocaust.
Ten years of razor-sharp riffs! Ten years of ferocious speed! Germany’s VULTURE are celebrating their first decade of destruction with a brand-new digital single fittingly titled, “Power Thrash!”
Since their formation in 2015, the high-speed powerhouse has carved its name into the skull of the world’s metal scene. Drawing from the raw aggression of thrash metal’s earliest days, the melodic hymns of the NWOBHM and the spirit of ‘70s and ‘80s horror and suspense, VULTURE‘s sound is as dangerous as it is unmistakable. Scorching twin-leads, thundering drums, ear-piercing screams, and a relentless dedication to their craft have made them one of the most exciting and authentic acts in the genre today.
From their infamous debut Victim To The Blade (2016) and its follow up The Guillotine (2017), to the genre-bending Ghastly Waves & Battered Graves (2019), it’s critically acclaimed successor Dealin’ Death (2021) and VULTURE‘s latest full-length Sentinels (2024), VULTURE proves that they’re alive, thrilling and constantly evolving.
Now, with “Power Thrash,” the band distills a decade of intensity into a short, sharp raid: A celebration of the genre they helped revive and a nod to the roots that shaped them. Fast, fierce and over the top, this track is pure VULTURE, authentic metal made for the diehards. Watch out: The Blade Is Back!
The band comments:
After ten years of VULTURE including eight years under the sign of the Metal Blade, it felt more than necessary to herald the next decade with a proper celebration. Because ‘Power Thrash’ is just that: A celebration to the genre and to the essence of what is VULTURE. Throughout all these years, we’ve constantly tried to evolve, to reshape our sound while remaining deeply rooted in our aesthetics. ‘Power Thrash’ feels like the next step to an even more powerful and deadlier VULTURE than before. Straight to the point, brutal and faster than light!”
VULTURE: L. Steeler – vocals S. Castevet – guitars M. Outlaw – guitars A. Axetinctör – bass G. Deceiver – drums
VULTURE w/ Hellbutcher, Exorcism: 10/07/2025 DVG Club – Kortrijk, BE 10/08/2025 Turock – Essen, DE 10/09/2025 Lido – Berlin, DE 10/10/2025 Club Pushkin – Dresden, DE 10/11/2025 Thrash Nightmare – Pisek, CZ 10/12/2025 Smer Klub 77 – Zilina, SK
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