MERIDIAN VEIL Unveil “Forgotten Sun” With Debut Single “The Watcher”

The new progressive-metal project will release its debut album on January 22, 2027, introducing it with the AI-themed single “The Watcher.”

DISTANT Step Deeper Into “Into Despair” With “The Shallow Gaze”

DISTANT pair crushing weight with an exposed psychological core on “The Shallow Gaze,” featuring Darius Tehrani and taken from Into Despair.

DEATH ANGEL Turn Self-Absorption Into Thrash on “The Never Was”

DEATH ANGEL release “The Never Was,” a new thrash single aimed at the exhausting pull of self-absorption.

SABATON Set “Berserker” for November 6, Framing an Anonymous Last Stand

SABATON turn the legend of Stamford Bridge’s unnamed warrior into “Berserker,” a new single arriving November 6.

KONVENT Let Five Long Songs Carry the Weight of “Firesky”

KONVENT return with their third album, “Firesky,” stretching death-doom across five long compositions and opening the door to sharper black-metal tension.

Blind Channel release “Into The Void” featuring Aaron Pauley

Blind Channel have released “Into The Void,” featuring Aaron Pauley of Of Mice & Men, as part of their sixth studio album Painstream.

Beast in Black Turn “Lost Children” Into an Epic Power Ballad

The Finnish band reveal “Lost Children,” a dramatic new track from the forthcoming album Fear The Beast, inspired by Berserk.

Cult of Luna Push Their Tenth Album into the Darkest Part of the Journey

In the Shadow of Your Shadow arrives on 6 November 2026: a 71-minute, nine-track test of how far Cult of Luna can push the language they helped define.

PRONG Turn a Self-Titled Fourteenth Album into a Victory Lap with Teeth

PRONG’s self-titled fourteenth album turns four decades of hardcore, groove and industrial discipline into a present-tense challenge.

Cirith Ungol Let All the Shadows Fall across Classic Heavy Metal

Cirith Ungol return with All the Shadows, a new full-length built around the band’s unmistakable strain of epic, rough-edged heavy metal.

GHØSTKID Follow the White Rabbit into a More Personal Kind of Darkness

GHØSTKID’s third album turns an Alice-inspired descent into eleven tracks about burnout, anxiety, confrontation and the stubborn decision to keep moving.

Sleep’s ‘Hempispheres’ Arrives on Vinyl and CD: A New Lineup, the Same Gravitational Pull

Sleep’s first album in eight years reaches physical formats today, with Al Cisneros joined by Dale Crover and Bubba Dupree for a lean, five-track chapter.

Darkest Hour Release ‘Suffer Divine’: Rage, Precision and Renewal

Darkest Hour’s eleventh studio album, Suffer Divine, arrives today with 11 tracks, production by Mark Lewis and a U.S. tour beginning in November.

Crownshift Step Into the Dark with ‘In the Dead of Night’ and New Album

Crownshift announce their second album The Shadows We Buried and introduce its darker direction with the single “In the Dead of Night.”

Orbit Culture Expand ‘The Path I Walk’ with Tina Guo Ahead of the Deluxe Edition

Orbit Culture add Tina Guo’s cello to “The Path I Walk” as Death Above Life moves toward a deluxe edition and a new touring chapter.

Mental Cruelty Unleash ‘Ride of the Valkyries’ as a Cinematic Album Finale

Mental Cruelty close the world of Echoes of a Forlorn Land with the orchestral, blackened-deathcore sweep of “Dämmerbruch” and “Ride of the Valkyries.”

MAN WITH A MISSION Light the Fuse with “Firestarter”

MAN WITH A MISSION release “Firestarter,” the opening theme for The Vermilion Mask, ahead of four December arena shows.

Reliqa Put “Serum” at the Front of High Risk Thoughts

Reliqa announce their second album High Risk Thoughts and make the already road-tested “Serum” its opening statement.