Archive for metal albums 2025

PALE HORSE RITUAL Challenge Dogma With New Single “Holy Lies”

Posted in doom metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , on October 26, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Listen To “Holy Lies” Here: https://youtu.be/dITYjVs191g

Canadian heavy psych doomers PALE HORSE RITUAL return with “Holy Lies”, the latest single from their forthcoming album Diabolic Formation, arriving November 28 through Black Throne Productions. Bold and unflinching, the song pulls no punches as it confronts centuries of religious power structures and the human cost left in their wake.

“Holy Lies” lays bare the contradictions between immense spiritual wealth and real-world suffering. Its lyrics push against the hierarchy and fear tactics often used to enforce obedience, shining a harsh light on the ways control is cloaked in sanctity. At the heart of the track is a call for equity and liberation. It is an insistence that no one is born to kneel.

Driven by low-end groove and a wall of saturated tone, the band finds a razor-sharp balance between weight and momentum. The guitars churn through layers of fuzz, while the rhythm section carves a deliberate, relentless path forward. There’s a hypnotic pull to the song’s structure, anchored by a hook that lingers long after the final note.

Track Listing:

  1. Deflowered (5:58)
  2. Wickedness (5:03)
  3. Holy Lies (5:46)
  4. Save You (3:13)
  5. Bloody Demon (5:02)
  6. DED (6:50)
  7. A Beautiful End (6:55)

With Diabolic Formation on the horizon, the band continues to sharpen their vision, crafting a record that explores the darker corners of belief, power and the struggle to reclaim autonomy in a world built to obscure it. Pre-orders are available HERE

About PALE HORSE RITUAL
Steeped in mysticism, PALE HORSE RITUAL create an spellcasting blend of doom, occult rock and vintage metal. Based out of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, the band formed in 2024 and their sound is driven by gritty vocals, sludgy riffs, and pounding rhythms that channel the spirit of 1970s heavy music with a modern, gothic edge. Following their alluring 2024 EP titled Enchantress, the quartet are preparing to unveil the full-length, Diabolic Formation on November 28, via Black Throne Productions. 

Line Up: 
Paco (Bass/Vocals)
James Matheson (Lead Guitar)
Will Adams (Rhythm Guitar/Backing Vocals)
Jonah Santa-Barbara (Drums)

Album Credits:
Producer: Will Adams
Recording Studio: Green Mountain Ranch
Engineer: Will Adams at Tell Me About It… Records
Mastering: Zack Hollow at Z Hollow Studios
Mixing: Will Adams

Guest Musicians:
Dom Valela – Keys, Vocals
Doom Valhalla – Italian Preacher

Links:
Bandcamp: https://palehorseritual.bandcamp.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/palehorseritual/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PaleHorseRitualBand

Source: C Squared Music

Extreme Ensemble DER ROTE MILAN To Unveil New Album Verlust | “Aus der Finsternis” Music Video Out Now

Posted in Extreme Metal, extreme metal bands, Metal, metal albums, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , on October 25, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Enveloped in shadow, German sextet DER ROTE MILAN create intense, melodic, riff-driven sounds inspired by nature, historical wars in Central Europe, anti-religion and inner conflict. The band explore a strange sense of beauty that emerges from despair through the multi-faceted nature in which loss is experienced.

The new album, Verlust, follows the 2023 EP Schlund and sees DER ROTE MILAN develop further their atmospheric sound and lyrical depth. Verlust will be released on December 12th, 2025, via Unholy Conspiracy Deathwork

As the first single, and opening track to Verlust, “Aus der Finsternis” establishes the mood for the album. Through a sonic manifestation, DER ROTE MILAN focus on the initial shock, the first stage of loss in this track.

Watch the video now at Ghost Cult Magazine: https://ghostcultmag.com/exclusive-video-premiere-de-rote-milan-shares-a-new-single-and-music-video-for-aus-der-finsternis-new-album-coming-soon/

The powerful and heavy instrumentation reveals a sense of destruction, of desolation, as the reality of the loss hits. Through the melodic elements, there is fragility but also a very faint touch of hope hidden amongst the gloom. 

Track Listing:

  1. Aus der Finsternis
  2. Où allez-vous
  3. Skepsis der Existenz
  4. Verlust
  5. Der letzte Rubin

Full Album Running Time: 22:54

Verlust is steeped in a deep sense of humanity – of indulging in the human condition, even those parts many may wish to avoid. DER ROTE MILAN encourage us to sit with the discomfort, with the pain and acknowledge that change is certain, but it is not hopeless. 

DER ROTE MILAN:
I (guitar)
II (synth, mix)
III (vocals)
V (guitar)
VI (drums)
VII (bass)

Credits:
Produced by DER ROTE MILAN
Recorded at Klangschmiede Studio E (Markus Stock)
Mixed and Mastered by Klangschmiede Studio E (Markus Stock)
Album Cover Artist: Matt Prison

Links:

Bandcamphttps://derrotemilan.bandcamp.com/

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Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/derrotemilan.band/

Source: C Squared Music

TENEBRO – Italian Death Metal Horror Masters Unveil New Single “Impiccata”

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , on October 20, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Italian death metallers TENEBRO are set to unleash their new album Una Lama D’Argento on December 12th, 2025 via Time To Kill Records.

Continuing their morbid devotion to the putrid sounds of classic horror and old school death metal, the band promises another slab of grotesque heaviness. The record features a striking cover artwork created by Julian Ibanez, perfectly capturing the nightmarish essence and macabre storytelling that have become TENEBRO’s signature traits.

The first single “Impiccata” is available now:

YouTube: https://youtu.be/ojZep_CBW6M

Streaming: https://ffm.to/tenebro-impiccata

The band commented:

“The first single, ‘Impiccata’, strikes with relentless intensity: a fast, uncompromising track that mirrors the shocking imagery of Dario Argento’s Suspiria. Inspired by the infamous hanging scene, the song channels the sense of sudden, inescapable terror that erupts without warning. With its direct, no-frills approach, ‘Impiccata’ captures the essence of Tenebro’s sound: sharp, immediate, and merciless, like a blade cutting through silence”.

With their horrific and claustrophobic death metal, TENEBRO reaffirm themselves as one of the most uncompromising and distinctive acts in the Italian extreme underground, ready to push even further with this new work.

With “Una Lama D’Argento”TENEBRO take their most extreme and visionary step yet: an entire album conceived as a tribute to Dario Argento, the undisputed master of horror, giallo and thriller cinema.
Eleven tracks that are not just songs, but episodes of a single nightmare, a journey through the dark and obsessive atmospheres of the films that shaped cinema history: Deep Red (1975), Suspiria (1977), Inferno (1980), Tenebre (1982), Phenomena (1985), and Opera (1987).

TENEBRO translate Argento’s universe into sound: riffs sharp as blades, guttural vocals emerging from the darkness, relentless drumming, and atmospheres shifting between pure violence and suffocating tension. Iconic scenes such as the mirror revealing the killer in Deep Red, the brutal mutilation in Tenebre, or the larva-filled bathtub finale in Phenomena are transformed into brutal, immersive sonic attacks, capturing the full horror and tension of the films.

Track-list:

1. Inferno
2. L’angelo Caduto Tra Le Luci Del Teatro
3. Impiccata
4. Sangue Sui Muri
5. Lo Specchio… Omicida.
6. Il Corpo Come Spartito
7. Piume Rosse
8. Appare ala Bambola, Poi La Lama
9. Larve Affamate
10. Nel Sonno Della Veggente
11. Jennifer

Preorders:

https://timetokillrecords.com/collections/tenebro-una-lama-dargento

https://tenebrohorror.bandcamp.com/album/tenebro-una-lama-dargento

As with every album, TENEBRO continue to evolve, introducing new symphonies, styles, and melodies, while remaining distinctly separate from the wider underground scene. Their music explores new horizons without ever betraying the pulsating heart that has always defined their sound: extreme, theatrical, and viscerally horror-driven.

In Una Lama D’Argento, TENEBRO do not merely evoke Argento’s universe: they embody it, rewriting his obsessions in Giallo Metal. It is an album that cuts, tears, and leaves no room for respite.
Una Lama D’Argento is not just an album: it is a sonic nightmare, a visceral tribute to the cinema that taught us to love fear.

Line-up:

Il Becchino – Guitars, Vocals
Il Beccamorto – Bass, Drums, Guitars

TENEBRO:

https://tenebro666.bandcamp.com/

https://www.instagram.com/tenebro.official/

Time To Kill Records:

https://timetokillrecords.bandcamp.com/

https://www.youtube.com/c/TIMETOKILLRECORDS

https://timetokillrecords.com/

BURNED IN EFFIGY Drop New Single – “The Racking” | Tyrannus Aeternum Out October 31st

Posted in melodic death metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , on October 18, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

The neoclassical melodic death force BURNED IN EFFIGY has released the official music video for “The Racking,” the third single off their forthcoming new album, Tyrannus Aeternum.

The world premiere for the official music video for “The Racking” comes via The Circle Pit. Watch the video now at this location.

The song is also streaming on all major platforms. Stream more from BURNED IN EFFIGY on SpotifyAmazon MusicApple Music and YouTube.

Tyrannus Aeternum is set for release on October 31. Pre-order the album now at: burnedineffigy.bandcamp.com/album/tyrannus-aeternum.

Rising from the heart of the Midwest metal scene, this Chicago-based quintet has announced a fall release for their much-anticipated second full-length, Tyrannus Aeternum. Following the 2022 release of their debut album, Rex Mortem, BURNED IN EFFIGY has sharpened their sound to a lethal edge. The result is an 11-track onslaught that blends the band’s skillful musicianship and technicality with volcanic brutality.

Tracklist:

1) Befouled Benefaction

2) Retribution

3) Masquerade

4) Procession

5) Wage of Exile

6) Sacrificial Seance

7) Monstrosity Reborn

8) Gallows Hymn

9) The Racking

10) Crown Crusher

11) Citadel

Line-up:

Mark “Smedy” Smedbron – Vocals
Steve Bacakos – Guitar
Mike Hisson – Guitar
Matt Watkins – Bass
Eddie Dec – Drums

Tyrannus Aeternum was recorded at Beal Audio and Bricktop Recording, with production, engineering and mixing by Jordan Beal. Orchestration and keyboards on the album were provided by Graham Southern. Album artwork by Timon Kokott.

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Source: ClawHammer PR

PRIMORDIAL RITES Announce New EP ‘Contemplation Scriptures & The Swallowing Void’ for November 14th Release via Nameless Grave Records

Posted in Death Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , on October 16, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Featuring members of Denial, Necroccultus, Foeticide, Black Torment, and For Centuries

Nameless Grave Records is proud to announce the upcoming worldwide release of Contemplation Scriptures & The Swallowing Void, the crushing new EP from Mexican Death Metal purveyors, PRIMORDIAL RITES. The EP is set for release on November 14th, 2025.

Born from the vision of Iván “Bloodhunter” (ex-Denial) in 2019, PRIMORDIAL RITES channels the cosmic dread of H.P. Lovecraft into a punishing sonic weapon. Their sound is rooted in the foundational grit of 90’s death metal while incorporating the abyssal intensity of contemporary acts like Grave Miasma and Dead Congregation, forging a unique sound that is brutally effective.

To give listeners a first taste of the encroaching void, the band arrives with an assault: the first single and music video, “The Calamitous Void (After the Gates of Yoth),” today exclusively on the Nameless Grave Records YouTube channel.

The release follows a successful period of cultivating a strong live presence in Mexico, with PRIMORDIAL RITES having shared stages with international forces like General Surgery, Perdition Temple, and Sadistic Intent.

Pre-Order Now: https://primordialrites.bandcamp.com/album/contemplation-scriptures-the-swallowing-void

Source: Nameless Grave Records

NEMOROUS Announce New Album – What Remains When Hope Has Failed

Posted in Black Metal, black metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , on October 15, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Full-length out November 21 on Bindrune Recordings

The wait for the full-length follow-up to the promising debut EP from England’s NEMOROUS is nearly over! Four years after the debut EP, the band has finally returned with a six-track atmospheric black metal experience titled What Remains When Hope Has Failed

Listen to the album teaser here.

Follow NEMOROUS on Spotify.

Bindrune Records will release What Remains When Hope Has Failed on CD, vinyl and digital formats on November 21.

Track-list:
1) The Wyrm at World’s End
2) This Rotten Bough
3) Sky Avalanche
4) Quiescence
5) Bereft Part 2
6) What Remains When Hope Has Failed

Formed from the ashes of Wodensthrone, NEMOROUS carry the torch of atmospheric English black influenced metal proudly, but it’s not the main driving force behind them. The vision is far more expansive and eclectic. With their debut self-titled EP, they have proven that the twisting melodies and fog-like aura they create with their sound indeed harkens back to their past musical conquests, yet progression is a core tenet as it walks hand in hand with rich melodies and a fierce sense of aggressive tradition. 

NEMOROUS:
Phil Heckles – Bass
Ian Finley – Drums
Michael Blenkarn – Guitars
Alexandra Durning – Keyboards
Rob Hindmarsh – Guitars
Nick Craggs – Vocals

What Remains When Hope Has Failed is four years in the making and finds the band emerging victorious from a line-up change, where Chris Walsh (Vocals/Guitars) was replaced by Nick Craggs (Vocals – Vacivus/Neolithic) and Rob Hindmarsh on second guitar. Now as sextet, the band dove into the music for their first full-length reinvigorated, and it shows in the album’s composition.

What Remains When Hope Has Failed is a dynamic and emotional journey where quiet musical passages draw the listener in with vulnerability and beautiful, clean guitar arrangements that feel like Fields of the Nephilim at their most post-apocalyptic, only to build with reflective, melancholic mids, before exploding with blasting ferocity.

From subtle, yet expansive synth textures, complex drum work that never loses grasp on a powerful feel/swing, it all strengthens the overall impact of this album with colorful dynamics and a songwriting characteristic which can certainly be traced back to the early days of Wodensthrone. 

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Source: ClawHammer PR

REDSHARK Announce New Single: “Hypnotized” | Sudden Impact Album Releases October 31st

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, music videos, news with tags , , , , , on October 14, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Cover art by Stanislav Atanasov

“Hypnotized” taken from REDSHARK’s forthcoming album Sudden Impact out on October 31st

Hypnotized” explores deception and how it can warp reality, creating a blurred line between truth and illusion, it is the story of a spell, inspired by Medusa and the Sirens in Greek mythology.

Watch the Visualizer Lyric Video for “Hypnotized” HERE

The brand new single “Hypnotized” is vailable on all platforms HERE

REDSHARK was founded in 2012 in Barcelona, Spain, by Philip Graves (guitar) with the aim of delivering Classic Pounding Heavy Speed Metal. Their traditional 80s metal influences may plunder the nostalgia circuit; yet REDSHARK are ruthlessly carrying the torch with great attitude, and powerful melodic songwriting.

Band line up:
Pau Correas – Vocals
Javier Bono – Guitars
Philip Graves – Guitars
Chris Carrest – Bass
Alan Llano – Drums

Sudden Impact was produced & recorded by Jaume Perna “Jack Dark” at Capricorn Studios and mixed & mastered by Javi Félez at Moontower Studios. Recording drums by Edgar Beltri at La Atlántida Studio.

TRACK LISTING:
1 – Sudden Impact
2 – A Place for Disgrace
3 – Fire Raider
4 – Your Last Breath
5 – Hypnotized
6 – Rip your Bones
7 – Whispers of Time
8 – Beware of the Shark
9 – The Chase
10 – Fight the Rules of Power

Discography:
Lights of Darkness Single (self released 2013)
Rain of Destruction EP (self released 2016)
Evil Realm EP (self released 2019)
Digital Race (Listenable 2022)
Sudden Impact (Listenable 2025)

Band Links:
FACEBOOK

INSTAGRAM

BANDCAMP

Subscribe to Listenable Records channel HERE

Source: Listenable Records

THRON Announce New Single: “The Hunter And The Prey”

Posted in Black Metal, black metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , on October 13, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

“The Hunter And The Prey” is taken from THRON’s forthcoming album Vurias – out on October 31, 2025

“The Hunter And The Prey” is now available
on all platforms 

WATCH HERE

“The Hunter & The Prey” finds Thron venturing into uncharted sonic territory. Anchored in their signature blackened metal, the track bursts open with unexpected textures of haunting saxophone passages and the spectral glow of vintage 70s synthesizers. The result is a dark, cinematic journey that blurs the line between primal aggression and otherworldly atmosphere, marking one of the band’s boldest and most evocative statements to date.

DIGITAL: HERE  PHYSICAL: HERE

In March 2023, THRON unleashed their fourth full-length Dust; a sonic testament to their relentless evolution and creative hunger. Hailed by fans and critics alike, ‘Dust’ carved its mark into the underground and beyond, paving the way forward. From the hallowed grounds of Hellfest in Clisson to the thunderous stages of Summer Breeze and Baden In Blut, THRON proved themselves a formidable live force.

Sharing stages with titans such as Amon Amarth, Necrophobic, Pestilence, Carcass, Endstille and more. Embarking on an European tour, the band cemented their reputation as one of the most compelling acts in the modern blackened metal sphere.

Vurias – Track-listing:

01 – The Serpent’s Path
02 – Astral Materia
03 – Hubris’ Crown
04 – A Paradox
05 – Ungemach (Stilles Ende)
06 – One Truth, One Light
07 – Griefbearer
08 – The Hunter And The Prey
09 – The Metamorph’s Curse *
*( Exclusive bonus track )

LINE UP:
Samca (Vocals)
PVIII (Guitars)
Ravendust (Guitars)
SXIII (Bass)
J (Drums)

Discography:
Thron (2017)
Abysmal (LISTENABLE 2018)
Pilgrim (LISTENABLE 2021)
Dust (LISTENABLE 2023)
Vurias (LISTENABLE 2025)

Subscribe to Listenable Records channel HERE

ON-LINE:

https://www.facebook.com/THRONKvlt

https://shop-listenable.net/fr/259_thron

Source: Listenable Records

Æternia – New Single “Forged In Fire” From Upcoming Album Is Out Now

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , on October 13, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Forged in Fire,” the new single from German Power Metal Masters, Æternia, is out now! The single is the second released from forthcoming album, Into The Golden Halls.

Stream “Forged in Fire” at:

aeternia.bandcamp.com/track/forged-in-fire

Cruz Del Sur Music will release Into The Golden Halls on October 17 on CD, vinyl, and digital formats.

Having formed in 2020 with a sole EP making their mark in 2022, entitled The Quest, this wondrous band was born! Combining that epic and monumental sense of grandiosity and melody that you would anticipate from a band like pre-symphonic Blind Guardian or Helloween and adorned by stunning cover artwork by Adam Burke, this promises to be a real gem of the current scene that evokes majesty in every aspect both sonically and visually.

Boldly, the band decided to record and produce the album themselves, so you can feel their hard work ethic in every fibre of this music. A truly monumental debut album that all power metal fans must hear!

The band recorded and produced the record themselves, so every fiber of their album is testimony to their incredibly hard work. A massive sound can be felt that couples blinding guitar riffs and soaring leads atop unbreakable rhythmic battery from the drums and bass altogether held in place by commanding and soulful vocals.

Line-Up:

Sven Hamacher– Bass
Martin Kramer – Guitars
Daniele Gelsomino – Vocals
Hendrik Czirr – Drums
David Ponwitz – Guitars

Spinning lore from both history and a more fantastical realm, this is an epic conquest that you can truly lose yourself in while the musical majesty will keep you bewitched and engaged time and time again. As each spellbinding track flows from the last, you can gaze at the artwork (especially if you buy the vinyl which will include gorgeous colour variants and an A2 poster, plus a four page booklet).

This is one of those pieces of musical history that every single element will draw you in for something more than just a quick background listen.

Pre-order Into The Golden Halls:

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Track Listing:

1. Ascending

2. Dragon’s Gaze

3. Five Rode Forth

4. Trial by Fire and Water

5. Forged in Fire

6. The Descendant

7. Lightbringer (Fall of the Church)

8. Lay of Hildebrand

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Source: ClawHammer PR

HARMOZEL Announce New Album Songs of the Hungry Ghosts – Album Now Streaming

Posted in Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , on October 11, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Connecticut-based trad-doom/psychedelic metal entity HARMOZEL returns with its newest album, Songs of the Hungry Ghosts. HARMOZEL was born in the temples built by Elder, Candlemass, and Cirith Ungol. The band blends bold experimentation and a Gregorian chant-inspired grandeur for a daring twist on classic doom. 

Featuring eight unique and haunting tracks, Songs of the Hungry Ghosts delivers furnace-forged riffs hammered into a kaleidoscope of blood and hallucinatory visions.

Songs of the Hungry Ghosts is out now. Order the album at: harmozel.bandcamp.com.

Stream the album on Spotify.

Track-listing:
1) Burning
2) Know Thyself
3) A Hero’s Journey
4) The Fall Of Pistis Sophia
5) Tara Of The Liberating Knives
6) Thich Quang Duc
7) The Screams Of Dying Children
8) Jets Of Blood Coiling Up The Muddy Needle

All music and lyrics on Songs of the Hungry Ghosts were written and performed by Pat Jenkinson. The album was mixed at Primordial Sound Studios by Pat Jenkinson and mastered at Audiosiege Mastering.      

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NECROT To Kick Off EU/UK Tour With High On Fire | Tickets On Sale Now!

Posted in Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , on October 8, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Photo by Chris Johnston

Following their recent US tour supporting Carcass and Brujeria, NECROT will return to European stages later this month to support High On Fire. The journey, which begins on October 25th and runs through November 8th, includes festival performances at Samhain in the Netherlands, Bruges Is Doomed in Belgium, and Damnation Festival in the United Kingdom.

Comments bassist/vocalist Luca Indrio, “This is a very sick run in Europe and England alongside our brothers in High On Fire! You really don’t want to miss this one; it’s going to be heavy AF. We are coming to obliterate everything! See you all in the pit!”

Tickets are on sale now. See all confirmed dates below.

NECROT w/ High On Fire:
10/25/2025 Samhain Festival – Maastricht, NL *
10/26/2025 Bruges Is Doomed – Brugge, BE *
10/28/2025 Neue Zukunft – Berlin, DE
10/29/2025 Kabinet MUL – Brno, CZ
10/30/2025 Arena Wien – Vienna, AT
10/31/2025 Hansa 39 – Munich, DE
11/01/2025 Legend Club – Milan, IT
11/02/2025 Les Caves du Manoir – Martigny, CH
11/04/2025 Kesselhaus – Wiesbaden, DE
11/05/2025 Turock – Essen, DE
11/06/2025 Electric Ballroom – London, UK
11/08/2025 Damnation Festival – Manchester, UK *

  • Festival date

NECROT continues to tour in support of their critically adored Lifeless Birth full-length, out now via Tankcrimes. With Lifeless BirthNECROT continues their ascent to the forefront of American aural extremity, pushing the boundaries of style and continuing to recast metal in their image.

Founded by bassist/vocalist Luca Indrio and drummer Chad Gailey in 2011 with guitarist Sonny Reinhardt joining the following year, the Oakland, California trio offers Lifeless Birth as a culmination of their to-date efforts to encapsulate and push forward the deathly stylings of 2020’s Mortal and their 2017 debut, Blood Offerings.

NECROT’s Lifeless Birth is available now via Tankcrimes, on CD, LP, and digital formats. Find physical orders HERE and digital orders HERE.

Lifeless Birth earned the #3 spot on Billboard’s Top New Artist chart upon its first week of release. Elsewhere, the record took the #4 position on the Current Hard Music Albums chart, #6 on the Independent Record Label chart, and more. Recorded with Grammy-winning producer Greg Wilkinson who has helmed all three NECROT albums and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege, Lifeless Birth pivots fluidly between technical intricacy, progressive poise and all-out brutality.

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DENIAL OF LIFE: Witness The Power EP By Tacoma Crossover Act To Be Released November 7th, On Creator-Destructor Records

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , on October 7, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

photos by Liv Margullis

“Circle The Drain” Single Posted + EU Tour With Darkest Hour Underway

Creator-Destructor Records welcomes Tacoma, Washington-based thrash/crossover crew DENIAL OF LIFE to the label’s savage roster for the release of their new EP, Witness The Power, posting the cover art, track listing, and track “Circle The Drain.”

DENIAL OF LIFE is a metallic hardcore auditory assault forged in the Pacific Northwest. Channeling the speed and venom of Slayer, the primal fury of Sepultura, and the death-soaked grime of Entombed, they deliver a sound that is merciless, unrelenting, and steeped in darkness. With Brenna Gowin’s searing vocals riding the razor-sharp guitar work of Logan Miller and Dante Zickler, the crushing bass of Brian Bernard, and the pulverizing drums of Nick Cody, the band wages war on false hope and hollow promises.

photos by Liv Margullis

DENIAL OF LIFE’s new EP, Witness The Power, is a grim testament to rage and ruin and the beginning of relentless touring that will spread their chaos far and wide. DENIAL OF LIFE is not here to save you. They are here to burn it all down. Having only formed in 2019, the band has been making waves all over the world, bringing their unique style of crossover to headbangers and hardcore fans alike.

Stream DENIAL OF LIFE’s “Circle The Drain” on YouTube HERE and Bandcamp HERE.

Following several singles, promos, and the 2022 release of their debut LP, No Reason, extensive US touring and a four-week European headlining tour, the band now sets their sights on world domination.

Witness The Power was engineered by Jason Brooks, mixed by Taylor Young at The Pit Recording Studio (Nails, Kruelty, God’s Hate), mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege (Obituary, Internal Bleeding, Creeping Death), and completed with artwork by Stein Hansen.

With the EP’s lead single, the band states, “‘Circle The Drain’ is a love song about mourning a personal relationship and feeling shameful because the loss could have been avoided.”

Witness The Power will be released on 12” vinyl, CD, and digitally, via Creator-Destructor Records on November 7th. A music video, preorders and more will be issued over the coming days.

Witness The Power – Track Listing:

  1. Witness The Power
  2. God’s Favorite (Slave To The Blade)
  3. Circle The Drain
  4. Sword Of Fire
  5. Love Sting
  6. Not The One

The news of the new EP arrives as DENIAL OF LIFE launches a European tour, supporting Bleeding Through, Darkest Hour, and Shai Halud. Upon their return stateside, the band goes back out supporting Shai Hulud throughout the Western US in November. See all confirmed dates below and expect additional tour dates to be posted shortly.

DENIAL OF LIFE w/ Darkest Hour, Shai Hulud, Bleeding Through:
10/02/2025 Kavka Zappa – Antwerp, BE
10/03/2025 Tower – Bremen, DE
10/05/2025 Schlachthof – Wiesbaden, DE
10/06/2025 Naumanns – Leipzig, DE
10/07/2025 SO36 – Berlin, DE
10/08/2025 Futurum – Prague, CZ
10/09/2025 Dürer Kert – Budapest, HU
10/10/2025 Hirsch – Nürnberg, DE
10/11/2025 Kiff – Aarau, CH
10/12/2025 Backstage – München, DE
w/ Shai Hulud:
11/05/2025 The Aggie Theater – Fort Collins, CO
11/06/2025 Bluebird Theater – Denver, CO
11/07/2025 Urban Lounge – Salt Lake City, UT
11/08/2025 Neurolux – Boise, ID
11/09/2025 Hawthorne Theater – Portland, OR
11/11/2025 924 Gilman – San Francisco, CA
11/12/2025 Fulton 55– Fresno, CA
11/13/2025 1720– Los Angeles, CA
11/14/2025 Brick By Brick – San Diego, CA
11/15/2025 Garden Amphitheater – Garden Grove, CA

https://www.instagram.com/denial.of.life

https://denialoflife.bandcamp.com

https://creator-destructor.com

Source: EARSPLIT PR

VESSELES Announces New Album: Home | Unveils Single “Scriptures Etched Into the Mind’s Pillars”

Posted in Black Metal, black metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , on October 6, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Listen to “Scriptures Etched Into the Mind’s PIlars” HERE: https://youtu.be/qcRnH6fi3yE

Symphonic black metal project VESSELES announces the release of its sophomore full-length album Home, arriving January 16th, alongside the unveiling of the record’s seventh track, “Scriptures Etched Into the Mind’s Pillars.”

“Scriptures Etched Into the Mind’s Pillars” is an ode to the grand tradition of classic symphonic black metal. It is a vehement composition that grapples with the inner fortresses we build to protect ourselves, only to find them transformed into prisons. As relentless as it is majestic, the song marks a lyrical turning point: moving away from searching for solace in one’s origins toward confronting the distress of internal struggle and the elusive quest for peace.

Founded as a personal vessel for Valira, a demon entity navigating existence within the human world, VESSELES fuses cinematic scale with blackened ferocity. Home expands upon the project’s identity-driven narrative, weaving a mythos of belonging, alienation, and ultimate reclamation of power. The album is as much about survival as it is about transcendence, an unflinching exploration of self through sound.

“Home is the sound of returning to a place you’ve never truly known,” says Valira.

With its blend of sweeping orchestration, blistering aggression, and emotional weight, Home establishes VESSELES as one of the most uncompromising voices in contemporary symphonic black metal.

Pre-order Home

https://vesseles.myshopify.com/

Listen to “Scriptures Etched Into the Mind’s PIlars” HERE: https://youtu.be/qcRnH6fi3yE

Home – Track List:

  1. Flesh Throne    
  2. Eternally Within Us    
  3. The Beneath    
  4. Home    
  5. They Wither..    
  6. Until They Are Dust    
  7. Scriptures Etched Into the Mind’s Pillars    
  8. Perpetual Chasm of Black Mirrors    
  9. This Is Not Home

About VESSELES:
Founded in 2023, VESSELES is the sonic vessel through which Valira speaks the language of her origins. As composer, orchestrator, and architect, she crafts bleak, incantatory soundscapes that fuse serrated guitars with haunted symphonic textures. Her voice, at once seething and spectral, now rises with increasing clarity, layered across both backing and lead roles in studio and on stage.

This is not performance. It is possession. Through sound, she casts off the human shell and steps fully into her true form: demon, exile, survivor. VESSELES unveiled the debut EP I Am A Demon in 2024, a liturgy of identity dysphoria, rage, and revelation. “Eternally Within Us” follows the recently released 2025 single, “Flesh Throne”.

VESSELES Is:
Valira Pietrangelo – guitar and backing vocals
J Burial (Joel Ferry) – vocals
Ron Graves – bass
Nick Brown – drums

Credits:
Composed by Valira Pietrangelo.
Performed by VESSELES.

Links: 
Bandcamphttps://vesseles.bandcamp.com/
Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/vesseles/
YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/@Vesseles
Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/vesseles666/
Music and merchhttps://linktr.ee/vesseles

Source: C Squared Music

KONTUSION Announces U.S. East Coast December Tour Dates | Insatiable Lust For Death Debut LP Out Now On Profound Lore Records

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , on October 6, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

photo by Louie Palu

New Jersey/Washington DC-based KONTUSION will deploy their dismal death metal to humans along the U.S. East Coast this December in support of their cruel debut album, Insatiable Lust For Death, released at the end of July through Profound Lore Records. The new dates follow KONTUSION’s West Coast U.S. run including Northwest Terror Fest and EU/UK tour with Molder which culminated in a performance at Obscene Extreme Fest in Czech Republic earlier this year.

KONTUSION’s self-booked Insatiable Lust For Death – East Coast 2025 trek will launch December 3rd in Richmond and will run through the 14th, ending in Washington, DC. For these shows, the core band duo of drummer Chris Moore (Repulsion) and vocalist/guitarist Mark Bronzino (ex-Iron Reagan, Mammoth Grinder) will flesh out their lineup with two road-tested live members, bassist Paul Wright (Oxygen Destroyer) and Shar Clay (Death File Red) on second guitar.

See the confirmed dates below and watch for further updates from the band to be issued in the months ahead.

KONTUSION – Insatiable Lust For Death – East Coast 2025:

12/03/2025 Fuzzy Cactus – Richmond, VA

12/04/2025 TV Eye – New York, NY w/ Satanick Magick, Infernal Spawn

12/05/2025 Snake Pit – Philadelphia, PA w/ Cesarean, Spesimen

12/06/2025 Ralph’s Rock Diner – Worcester, MA w/ Primitive Warfare, Ancient Torment, Weird Angel, Bay Of Pigs

12/07/2025 Polish Hill Oubliette – Pittsburgh, PA w/ Death Gasp, Gutgash, Moisty

12/08/2025 Static Age Records – Asheville, NC w/ All Hell

12/09/2025 The Earl – Atlanta, GA w/ Cemetery Filth

12/10/2025 Will’s Pub – Orlando, FL

12/11/2025 Las Rosas – Miami, FL w/ Nuclear II, Antiseptic, Criminally Insane

12/11/2025 The Ox – Gainesville, FL w/ Nuclear II, Velocity Splatter, Found Dead

12/13/2025 New Brookland Tavern – Columbia, SC w/ Primitive Warfare, One Of Nine, Curse Of Flesh

12/14/2025 Pie Show – Washington, DC w/ Unholy Altar, Gorgar, Archael

KONTUSION’s Insatiable Lust For Death is out now on LP, CD, and digitally, streaming and available to purchase where the “Subjugation” video is also streaming at Profound Lore Records HERE.

KONTUSION’s riffs, blasts, and walls of feedback reflect the darkness of a world marred by chaos, where large scale atrocities run amok. Over the Summer, the band delivered the scathing, decimating, rapid-fire attack of their vile debut LP, Insatiable Lust For Death, its ten tracks immersing the listener in a cavernous, hellish tone, while the relentless riffs and percussion remain impeccably tight.

Recorded by Chris Pierce at Volume IV Studios with additional tracking done at Damaged City Studios, Insatiable Lust For Death was mixed by Kevin Bernsten at Developing Nations, mastered by Nick Townsend at Townsend Mastering, and finished with artwork by Rotting Reign and layout by Aaren Molder.

https://linktr.ee/KONTUSION

https://kontusionkontusion.bandcamp.com

https://www.instagram.com/kontusion

https://www.facebook.com/kontusionkontusion

Source: EARSPLIT PR

Montreal Brass Metal Pioneers FALLSTAF Returns 15 Years After Debut With New Album: Ode To The Dead | Out November 2025

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , on October 5, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Photo: Sébastien Roy

Unveil Lyric Video For Title Track

SIMM/Guitars – RICKK /Horns – IANN/Vocals – GOYY/ Bass – MATT/Drums

After nearly a decade of silence, Montreal’s genre-defying metal band Fallstaf is back with a vengeance. Their long-awaited sophomore album, Ode to The Dead, is set for release this Fall 2025, and its first single, the title track, is streaming everywhere alongside a gripping lyric video.

Known as the pioneers of “brass metal,” Fallstaf made waves in 2011 with their debut ‘Bastard Son of a Pure Breed,’ produced by Kevin Jardine (Slaves On Dope). Their signature sound is groove-heavy and progressive metal laced, with trombone, earning them cult status in the Quebec metal scene. Yet in 2016, tragedy struck when frontman IANN suffered a near-fatal accident, leading to the band’s dissolution.

Now, after years of recovery and reflection, Fallstaf has reunited, reignited, and reimagined their sound. Ode to The Dead is a powerful, autobiographical journey through survival, grief, and rebirth. Produced once again by Jardine, the album features seven new tracks that blend sludge, thrash and hardcore influences with melodic hooks and brass-driven chaos.

“This album wasn’t made to impress; it was made out of friendship. Music is therapeutic. Metal brings people together, and we missed that energy,” says the band.

The first single and title track is a tribute to the deceased.

“They are no longer physically here, but they are always in our thoughts; that is the reason for the phrase “they walk among us”. The riff of the chorus gave rise to the rest of the song,” adds the band.

Watch the lyric video for “Ode To The Dead” and experience the rebirth of one of Montreal’s most original metal acts:

Lyric Video – https://youtu.be/GM4EPsLnMlE

Fallstaf’s live shows remain unforgettable: suits and ties, a masked brass player, and a frontman with a robotic leg. “People think we’re a ska band, until the first chord hits,” they laugh. Stay tuned. Fallstaf will be kicking ass live soon!

Album pre-order – https://fallstaf.bandcamp.com/

Track Listing:

  1. Sunless Friday – 2:57
  2. Ode to the Dead – 3:27
  3. Battered Soul – 3:40
  4. Kings of the West Side – 3:31
  5. Under the Same Sky – 3:31
  6. Bastard Son – 3:45
  7. The Burden – 4:41
    Album length: 25:37

Ode to the Dead will be available on all major streaming platforms on November 14th, 2025, along with an exclusive interactive collectible coffin USB drive.

Album Credits:
Songs performed by: FALLSTAF
Songs written by: Ian Lavoie/Kevin Jardine
Produced by: Kevin Jardine
Mixed by: Kevin Jardine
Mastered by: Kevin Jardine
Album artwork by: Ian Lavoie
MAPL – Canadian Content

More info: 

https://www.facebook.com/fallstafmontrealbrassmetal

Source: ASHER MEDIA RELATIONS

HERAKLEION – New Orleans Death Thrash Trio To Release Live Through Eternity On October 16th | Band To Support Cavalera Later This Month  

Posted in Death Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , , on October 3, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

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:

  1. Herakleion
  2. New Song
  3. The Tomb
  4. Curse Of Eternity
  5. Cryogenic Death
  6. Blood Of Nessus
  7. Obsidian King
  8. Where Crows Dare Not Go
  9. 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.

https://www.herakleion.net

https://herakleion.bandcamp.com/

https://instagram.com/herakleion504

https://www.facebook.com/heraklei0n

Source: EARSPLIT PR

DISPOSSESSED – Dêmocide LP From Portland Death/Doom Metal Bringers Out Now And Streaming On Carbonized Records 

Posted in doom metal, doom metal music, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , on October 3, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Photo by Brittany Hardcastle 

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.

Stream DISPOSSESSED’s Dêmocide HERE.

Dêmocide is out now on LP, CD, MC, and digitally. Find orders at the Carbonized Records webshop HEREand Bandcamp HERE.

Dêmocide – Track Listing:

  1. Exanimate
  2. Concrete Tomb
  3. Opulent Doom
  4. Watan
  5. 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.

https://dispossessed.net

https://www.instagram.com/dispossessed_pdx

https://dispossessedpdx.bandcamp.com

https://carbonizedrecords.com

Source: EARSPLIT PR

Black Metal Trio WILD BEYOND Announce New EP: Black Sites In Lower Chambers

Posted in Black Metal, black metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , on October 3, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Black Sites In Lower Chambers showcases 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 on October 17, 2025, via Fiadh Productions.

Black Sites In Lower Chambers – Track Listing:

  1. Dream State Abductions (instrumental)
  2. Slaughtering The Lion
  3. Thy Entrance, Night
  4. Visions Before The Seizure
  5. 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.

Links:
Bandcampwildbeyond.bandcamp.com
Ampwallhttps://ampwall.com/a/wild-beyond
Instagram@wildfuckingbeyond 

Source: C Squared Music

FINNR’S CANE – Releases Fourth Album, a Self-Titled Debut With Nordvis Produktion

Posted in ambient music, Black Metal, doom metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , on September 30, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

The mystic Canadians Finnr’s Cane 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.

North American fans can order it now here:

LP: https://us.nordvis.com/products/finnrs-lp

CD: https://us.nordvis.com/products/finnrs-cd

(Please note: these orders are now processed and shipped from the US.)

Hailing from the icy expanse of Sudbury, Ontario, Finnr’s Cane 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.

Listen to FINNR’S CANE now: https://nordvis.lnk.to/finnrs-cane

Source: Nordvis USA

SABATON – Legends On Tour North America | Dates, Cities & Venues Posted

Posted in Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, heavy metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , , on September 29, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

From Sabaton Facebook:

WE’RE COMING TO NORTH AMERICA!

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.

With special guests: Pop Evil and Wings Of Steel

Ticket General sale started on Friday, Sept 19th.

Tour schedule & tickets: https://www.sabaton.net/

P.S. VIP packages will be available.

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

APRILCANADA:
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