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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

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WACKEN METAL BATTLE USA Opens Band Submissions | One Band To Conquer Them All & Play Wacken Open Air 2026

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

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.

American bands interested in participating can apply at https://www.metal-battle.com/countries/ (please select the United States as your country)

Watch – Wacken Metal Battle 2025 – Aftermovie | Have You Heard the Future of Metal? – https://youtu.be/nCulXiLlaSw

Wacken Battle Trailer Video – https://youtu.be/fjMugRXEc5g

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.

Spotify – 2025 WMBU National Finalists Playlist – https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5q7Or6tHAsWsAGg8zQSVgZ

List of previous WMBU national winners: Cascade Effect (2024 – San Diego), Fadrait (2023 – San Diego), Mythraeum (2022 – San Diego), Monarch (2019 – San Diego), Voices of Ruin (2018 – Anaheim), and Corpse Hoarder(2017 – Philadelphia).

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.

Links:
Metal-Battle.com
MetalBattleUSA.com
Facebook.com/metalbattleusa.official
X.com/MetalBattleUSA
Instagram.com/metalbattleusa.official

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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:
Bandcamp: wildbeyond.bandcamp.com
Ampwall: https://ampwall.com/a/wild-beyond
Instagram: @wildfuckingbeyond 

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NINE TREASURES – “Until Now” Video/Single From Chinese Mongolian Progressive Metal Collective Now Playing

Posted in Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , on October 2, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

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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 The Absolute 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.”

Watch NINE TREASURES’ video for “Until Now” HERE.

Watch the band’s previously released video for “Real Dream” HERE.

Seeking The Absolute will be released on CD and digitally as well as vinyl in the following color variants:

180g Black (US)
Red Galaxy (US – Ltd. 300)
Orange/Red/Black Melt (EU – Ltd. 200)

Find preorders at:

metalblade.com/ninetreasures.

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.

NINE TREASURES:
Askhan – guitars, vocals, balalaika, tovshuur
Orgil – bass, backing vocals
Saina – balalaika, backing vocals, guitars
Namra – drums
Nars – morin khuur, backing vocals

https://ninetreasures.net

https://www.facebook.com/ninetreasuresofficial

https://www.instagram.com/ninetreasures

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LAMB OF GOD Return With “SEPSIS” | First New Original Song From The Metal Titans Since 2022’S Omens

Posted in Metal, metal bands, metal music, modern metal, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , on October 2, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

“Sepsis” video directed by Gianfranco Svagelj

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.”

Lamb-of-god.com

Youtube.com/lambofgod

Instagram.com/lambofgod

Facebook.com/lambofgod

Tiktok.com/@lambofgod

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IRREPARABLE Unleash “Forever Remain” feat. Hayley Anderson (Aquilus, Suldusk)

Posted in Black Metal, gothic metal, industrial metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , on October 2, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

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).

Watch the music video: 

https://metaladdicts.com/irreparable-unleash-forever-remain-feat-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 new album will be available as a limited edition CD Digipack and a limited Vinyl LP (150 copies) in red transparent, as well as on all major digital platforms. Pre-order here: https://irreparable2019.bandcamp.com/album/the-fate-of-all-life

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. 

IRREPARABLE are:
D.B. – Guitar, Electronics
N.M. – Vocals
M.B. – Bass

IRREPARABLE online:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/irreparable2019
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/irreparable_band
Bandcamp: https://irreparable2019.bandcamp.com/music
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2hl2UiW6hsIKnoN8mVahJF?si=g8VGXGUHS-iEUt3QoYxVGQ

These Hands Melt online:
Website / shop: https://thesehandsmelt.shop/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/these.hands.melt
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/these.hands.melt
Bandcamp: https://thesehandsmelt.bandcamp.com/music
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheseHandsMeltOfficial

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BURIAL PATH – Transforms in Fire on New Single “Magnum Opus”

Posted in deathcore, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , on October 2, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

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.”

Watch “Magnum Opus” Here: https://youtu.be/oOg_XESjhiw

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.

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ORDEN OGAN Unleash New Single “Conquest” (Live In Oberhausen), While Touring With WINDROSE and ANGUS MCSIX

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , on October 1, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

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 Phoenix Music.

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!”

Stream/Download “Conquest” here: 

https://ordenogan.rpm.link/conquestlive

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.

Visit: https://ordenogan.rpm.link/theorderoffearPR

More on ORDEN OGAN:
ordenogan.de 
greenman-studios.de 

Source: C Squared Music

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LOUD AS HELL OPEN AIR FESTIVAL – Opens Band Submissions For 2026 Line Up

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal festivals, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , on October 1, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

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.

Bands interested in performing can apply at the following link: https://loudashell.ca/

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).

LAH 2025 Lineup Spotify Playlist –https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3cu3CgEX8n2g2MQbADNJmg

Live LAH 2025 – Revocation – https://youtu.be/53fF_FyqfNo

Live LAH 2025 – Cyborg Octopus – https://youtu.be/yts7VX21Y5s

Live LAH 2025 – Judicator – https://youtu.be/JYQ9m2aD8Fk

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.

More info:
LoudAsHell.ca
Facebook.com/LoudAsHellFestival

Source: ASHER MEDIA RELATIONS

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Olesin To Unleash Raw, Bergmansk Black Metal On Debut Demo

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

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/

Or YouTube: https://youtu.be/7MgnMkjHoXI

Track-list:

  1. I
  2. II
  3. III

Olesin online:
https://olesin.bandcamp.com/

Devoted Art Propaganda online:
https://d-a-p.org/ 

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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

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FLOTSAM AND JETSAM – Signs With Napalm Records | New Music Slated For 2026

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

Photo from Napalm Records Facebook

From Napalm Records Facebook:

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.

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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

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

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BELL WITCH & AERIAL RUIN – Share First Taste Of Stygian Bough Vol. II | Doom Metal Union Announces Winter 2026 European Tour

Posted in doom metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, metal music albums, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , on September 28, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Photo Credit: Emma Ruth Rundle

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 Cochran HERE. 

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.

STYGIAN BOUGH VOL. II TEASER VIDEO: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrz7DemeD4c

STYGIAN BOUGH – European Tour Dates: 

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

About STYGIAN 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). 

Follow BELL WITCH & AERIAL RUIN: 
Bell Witch – Website | Facebook | Instagram | Bandcamp | Spotify | Apple Music

Aerial Ruin – Website | Facebook | Instagram | Bandcamp | Spotify | Apple Music

Stygian Bough: Vol 1 Stream:  Bandcamp | Youtube | Spotify | Apple Music

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Canadian Thrashers TRISKELYON Announces 4th Studio Album Maelstrom of Chaos – Out November 2025

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , on September 28, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

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”.

Single – “Blood Drowned Prophecy” (ft. guest vocals Liv Jagrell from Liv Sin) – https://youtu.be/FikcpI8IGBE

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.

CD pre-order (out Nov 28th): https://www.moribundcult.com/product/DEAD336.html

Album Teaser:

https://youtu.be/TRDJfK4ww7o

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)

Add to your Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5eHXL3FTFpLVOJTIcViEIW

Follow TRISKELYON:
Facebook | Bandcamp

Follow Moribund Records:
Moribund Website | Facebook | Instagram | Bandcamp

Source: ASHER MEDIA RELATIONS

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FULL HOUSE BREW CREW Announce New Album Glasgow Grin | Drop Video Single “No Gods, No Chains”

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , on September 27, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

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.

Pre-orders for the record are available now: https://fhbc.rpm.link/glasgowPR

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!”

Stream / Download: https://fhbc.rpm.link/NGNCPR

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

For More Info Visit:
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/fullhousebrewcrew/

Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/full.house.bc/

Visit ROAR online: 
Homepage: https://www.roar-records.de

Source: ROAR

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DEGRAVE’s Metalithic Now Streaming Everywhere

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , on September 27, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

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. 

Order the CD at degrave.bigcartel.com.

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.

Follow DEGRAVE on Facebook and Instagram for more details.

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

Line-Up:

Clyde Daniels – Guitars, Vocals
Dylan Volmert – Guitars, Vocals
Isaiah “Cliff” Curtis – Bass
Caleb Bethel – Drums

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.

youtube.com/@degraveofficial

tiktok.com/@degrave_shreds

Source: ClawHammer PR

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VULTURE Releases Ten-Year-Anniversary Single, “Power Thrash” – Video Now Playing!

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , on September 27, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Photo by Lea Heindl

Watch VULTURE’s “Power Thrash” video HERE.

Stream/purchase the track HERE.

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.

Watch VULTURE’s “Power Thrash” video HERE.

Stream/purchase the track HERE.

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

https://www.facebook.com/vulturekills

https://www.instagram.com/vulturekills

https://vulturekills.bigcartel.com

https://vulturekills.bandcamp.com

https://www.metalblade.com

Source: EARSPLIT PR

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MESSA – Italian Doom Metallers Unveil Video For “Reveal” | European Tour With Paradise Lost To Begin Next Month

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

Photo by Nicola Pianalto

Italian doom metal outfit MESSA are pleased to unveil their new video for “Reveal.” The track comes off the band’s critically-adored new full-length, The Spin, released in April via Metal Blade Records.

Based in the band’s eclectic, self-defined “scarlet doom” sound, The Spin rises, falls, broods, bites, comforts, and destroys, all the while resounding with both instinctive magic and obsessive, concerted hard work. After lighting up the underground with a triptych of increasingly distinctive and wondrous records as 2016’s Belfry, 2018’s Feast For Water, and 2022’s Close, with The Spin, MESSA is audibly equipped for the proverbial big leagues.

Comments the band on their “Reveal” video, “The main riff in ‘Reveal’ manifested itself spontaneously. Our guitar player Alberto dreamed of it one night. He suddenly woke up at 4:00am and recorded it with his phone so he wouldn’t forget it. It was the most immediate song to write out of all those we wrote for The Spin and it features two key elements: the typical, ‘blues’ use of slide guitar and the ‘metal’ element of the blastbeats. This video was entirely shot with analog equipment in a tire warehouse in our hometown. We chose the lo-fi aesthetic on purpose, using the dynamism of strobe and neon lights. We tried to make it as spontaneous as the songwriting process for the track.”

Watch MESSA’s video for “Reveal” HERE.

Watch MESSA’s previously released video for “At Races” HERE, “The Dress” HERE, and “Fire On The Roof”HERE.

The Spin was partly recorded, produced, mixed, and mastered by Maurizio “Icio” Baggio and includes synth work by Andrea Mantione (Nuovo Testamento) on “Fire On The Roof” and cover art by Nico Vascellari (Uroboro, 2023. Nero Portoro marble, tire. 57 x 57 x 10 cm).

The record is available now on CD, vinyl, and digital formats at metalblade.com/messa.

Next month, MESSA will serve as direct support to Paradise Lost on a month-long European trek. The Ascension Of Europe Tour 2025 begins on October 9th in Manchester, United Kingdom and runs through November 6th in Antwerp, Belgium. Additional support will be provided by High Parasite and Lacrimas Profundere on select shows. See all confirmed dates below.

MESSA w/ Paradise Lost, High Parasite:
10/09/2025 New Century Hall – Manchester, UK
10/10/2025 KK’s Steel Mill – Wolverhampton, UK
10/11/2025 University – Newcastle, UK
10/12/2025 Garage – Glasgow, UK
10/14/2025 Rescue Rooms – Nottingham, UK
10/15/2025 SWX – Bristol, UK
10/16/2025 The 1865 – Southampton, UK
10/17/2025 Islington Assembly Hall – London, UK
10/19/2025 Tyrant Fest – Lille, FR **
w/ Paradise Lost, Lacrimas Profundere:
10/20/2025 Elysée Montmartre – Paris, FR
10/21/2025 La Rayonne – Lyon, FR
10/23/2025 Live Music Hall – Cologne, DE
10/24/2025 Rockhal – Luxembourg, LU **
10/25/2025 Conrad Sohm – Dornbirn, AT
10/26/2025 Hall – Padova, IT **
10/28/2025 Backstage Werk – Munich, DE
10/29/2025 Palac Akropolis – Prague, CZ
10/30/2025 Boogaloo – Zagreb, HR
10/31/2025 SiMM City – Vienna, AT
11/01/2025 Durer Kert – Budapest, HU
11/03/2025 PTR/L’Usine – Geneva, CH **
11/04/2025 Z-Bau – Nürnberg, DE
11/05/2025 Pandora – Utrecht, NL
11/06/2025 Trix Hall – Antwerp, BE
** Paradise Lost, MESSA only

MESSA:
Sara – vocals
Marco – guitars/bass
Alberto – guitars
Rocco – drums

https://www.facebook.com/MESSAproject

https://www.instagram.com/messa_band

https://messaproject.bandcamp.com

Source: EARSPLIT PR

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TORTURE HAMMER – Santa Cruz Death Metal Squad To Release Eponymous EP Via Creator-Destructor Records On October 24th

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , on September 26, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Title Track, Preorders, And Tour Dates With All Shall Perish Posted

Stream TORTURE HAMMER’s “Torture Hammer” HERE.

Santa Cruz, California-based death metal squad TORTURE HAMMER will attack the population with their cruel, eponymous second EP through Creator-Destructor Records on October 24th.

After writing and releasing 2024’s Dormant Horror debut EP as a two-piece, TORTURE HAMMER vocalist Peter Pawlak and guitarist Sean Collins added drummer Max Mahmood (Iron Front, Manos De Fierro) and bassist Amir Sahabi (Caveman). With this fully fleshed-out lineup in place, the band stepped-up their game in every way on Torture Hammer.

The six tracks on Torture Hammer see the band’s attack fueled with even more aggression and antagonism, delivering their most deadly material to date. Torture Hammer was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Charles Toshio at Panda Studios in Fremont, California (Spy, Sunami, and Scowl) and completed with cover art by Martyrdoom Illustrations (200 Stab Wounds, Kruelty, Morbid Visionz).

The title track acts as the lead single to the eponymous EP; an endless onslaught of headbanging riffs leads the listener through a hellish scene before culminating in a traumatic, mosh-inducing breakdown finale.

Feel the pain of TORTURE HAMMER’s “Torture Hammer” now on YouTube HERE and Bandcamp HERE.

Torture Hammer will be released on 12” vinyl, CD, and digitally on October 24th. Preorders are live at the Creator-Destructor webshop HERE and Bandcamp HERE.

Torture Hammer – Track Listing:

  1. Bodily Harm
  2. Torture Hammer
  3. Object Of Desire
  4. Catastrophic Collapse
  5. Hammered
  6. Coward’s Surrender

Directly in support of the EP’s release, TORTURE HAMMER is poised to hit the Western US on their first ever tour, supporting All Shall Perish and more from October 3rd through 11th. The tour will be followed by a show in San Francisco with Mammoth Grinder, Iron Front, and Leer on October 17th. See all dates below and expect further tour developments to be announced shortly.

TORTURE HAMMER Live:
10/03/2025 Nova PDX – Portland, OR w/ All Shall Perish, Desmadre, Girl Of Glass
10/05/2025 The Big Dipper – Spokane, WA w/ All Shall Perish, Desmadre, Girl Of Glass
10/07/2025 Soundwell – Salt Lake City, UT w/ All Shall Perish, Desmadre, Girl Of Glass
10/08/2025 The Oriental Theater – Denver, CO w/ All Shall Perish, Desmadre, Girl Of Glass
10/09/2025 Sunshine Theater – Albuquerque, NM w/ All Shall Perish, Desmadre, Girl Of Glass
10/10/2025 Nile – Mesa, AZ w/ All Shall Perish, Desmadre, Girl Of Glass
10/11/2025 24 Oxford – Las Vegas, NV w/ All Shall Perish, Girl Of Glass
10/17/2025 Thee Parkside – San Francisco, CA w/ Mammoth Grinder, Iron Front, Leer

https://www.instagram.com/torturehammer

https://creator-destructor.com

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