Dutch progressive metal pioneers Textures return with At the Edge of Winter, the second single from their forthcoming album Genotype, set for release on 23rd January on Kscope. Featuring Charlotte Wessels (ex-Delain), the new single blends atmospheric synths, intricate sound design, and polyrhythmic grooves with massive riffs and soaring vocal …

Glasgow’s rising heavy metal powerhouse crew ELD VARG are poised to unleash their formidable new album, Destroyer, on Friday, 14th November. Ahead of the full release, the band will drop the album’s title track as a single — complete with an official video — on Friday, 7th November. Andy and …

Black Eyed Sons have released the official video for their deeply personal new track, “Autumn Reigns,” featuring Charlie Starr of Blackberry Smoke. Written by Guy Griffin, the song holds special significance, inspired by the tragic loss of his brother Daniel in late 2021. Guy Griffin says: “Written as if by …

LORD OF THE LOST have revealed the third single cut from the upcoming new full-length, OPVS NOIR Vol. 2, out 12th December 2025 via Napalm Records. On ‘Would You Walk With Me Through Hell?’, LORD OF THE LOST team up with Infected Rain, adding an extra edge to the genre-fluid …

In celebration of Samhain and All Hallows’ Eve, Blackbriar are proud to release a piano parlour version of their recent track ‘The Fosillized Widow’, taken from new record A Thousand Little Deaths. The track is a beautifully intimate version of the song simply including just piano and vocals, recorded and …

Due to an overwhelming response from fans, Scottish metal heavyweights Bleed From Within are proud to announce additional dates and updates for ‘The Dying Sun’ UK and Ireland tour, set for March 2026. Bleed From Within commented: “Thanks to the insane response to last week’s tour announcement, we have some …

“Throw your worries into the next trash can, at least for 38 minutes and sing, dance, headbang, do whatever feels right!” As far as press release blurb goes, that description from Nuclear Blast Records about the latest release from Finnish sextet Battle Beast hits the nail square on the head. …

Sold-out shows. Venues upgraded. Waiting lists for tickets. It would seem that Canadian outfit The Birthday Massacre are onto something over this side of the Atlantic. With so many different genres attached to the sound that the six-piece makes (dark wave/electronic/dark-pop/goth/rock), it can often cause pigeonholers’ heads to explode, but …

Need a fresh, new album to stream this Halloween? A certain Southampton goth rock/horror punk sextet have got you all covered. Happy Halloween, one and all, guys and ghouls… After the success of their 2023 record Sanguivore, which was voted Metal Hammer’s best album of the whole year, Creeper have …

As far as years go, 2025 has been pretty good for French organic farmers by day, DIY blues rock duo by night, The Inspector Cluzo. A new studio album (their 10th), ‘Less Is More’, was released to great critical acclaim. Several live dates in Europe opening for Neil Young, and …