THE KOVENANT will be joining us onboard 70000TONS OF METAL 2025, The Original, The World’s Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise! They will play their entire album “Nexus Polaris” during one set, and then treat fans to a special “Best Of” performance…

Let’s get this party started! Sailors, please welcome TANKARD onboard for 70000TONS OF METAL 2025, The Original, The World’s Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise and get ready to Thrash ’till Death! Keep watching this space, “T”here’s still more to come…

We’re thrilled to have CANDLEMASS onboard for 70000TONS OF METAL 2025, The Original, The World’s Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise, as they celebrate 40 Years Of Doom! Who do you “T”hink will be the next band you will have a beer…

Please welcome STRATOVARIUS on board 70000TONS OF METAL 2025! Like every band traveling with us on The Original, The World’s Biggest Heavy #MetalCruise, this Power Metal powerhouse will perform two electrifying sets for us: One will feature a performance of…

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SATANIC NORTH is what happens when you let two well-known Finnish metal artists stare into the abyss for too long: Petri Lindroos (Ensiferum, Warmen) and Janne Parviainen (Ensiferum) are well-traveled, experienced musicians who have stared…

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Preview/purchase DVNE’s Voidkind HERE.

Scottish progressive post-metal artisans DVNE unveil their epic, critically-adored new full-length, Voidkind, out today on Metal Blade Records.

Forged in Edinburgh in 2013 by Frenchman Victor Vicart and native Scot…

“S”ailors! Let’s kick things off by releasing the first band for 70000TONS OF METAL 2025, The Original, The World’s Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise – EMPEROR! We are in for a treat as they will deliver two special sets for us…

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Preview/purchase BLAZE OF PERDITION’s Upharsin HERE.

Upharsin, the sixth full-length from long-running Polish black metal unit BLAZE OF PERDITION, is out today on Metal Blade Records!

A step back from the somewhat curious…

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“There’s a reason that SONS OF RA remains a staple in the heavier side of Chicago’s music scene, often sharing bills with doom metal — they’re heavy in a way nobody else here is.” – Invisible…

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Minus Head Records prepares for the May 17th release of 3243, the long-out-of-print solitary release from SOCK – the legendary mid-1990s metalcore band hailing from Sacramento, California, whose members went on to form Will Haven…

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A few years back, I went through a pretty heavy doom metal phase. Bands like My Dying Bride, Katatonia, Candlemass, A Pale Horse Named Death, and Woods of Ypres were in heavy rotation during a particularly…

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Metal Injection is currently streaming “The Great Fire” from Canadian blackened grindcore sextet APES. The latest bruiser comes by way of the band’s upcoming new full-length Penitence, due for release on June 14th via…

OCTOPLOID, the new musical endeavor of bassist Olli-Pekka “Oppu” Laine (Amorphis, Barren Earth, Mannhai), will release their debut full-length, Beyond The Aeons, on July 5th  through Reigning Phoenix Music (RPM). Today the band shares their first digital single…

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Watch/stream HELLBUTCHER’s “The Sword Of Wrath” HERE.

From the depths of the black metal underground comes one of its most elite figures with a new band and an even more evil attitude. As frontman of…

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“…MARTIN HOWTH’s experimentation with looped vocals recorded live in diverse locations absolutely works wonders.” – Everything Is Noise

Distant Dissonance, the fascinating new album from eclectic A Capella soloist MARTIN HOWTH, is…

“Shiny White Teeth” is the first single from Potsdam, Germany-based trio THE ANTIKAROSHI and their impending sixth album, L’inertie Polaire. The song is now playing exclusively at New Noise Magazine ahead of the LP’s release in late May through…

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Aumicide, the riveting second album from the Vancouver-based technical death metal quartet ATRÆ BILIS, is today streaming in its entirety in advance of its release on 20 Buck Spin this Friday.

Like all bands…

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“Yesod, The Dark Side Of The Moon” is the conceptual new single from science-fiction-inspired death metal quintet NOCTURNUS AD and their layered new album, Unicursal, nearing release May 17th on Profound Lore Records.

The anticipated…

WHITE STONES – the brainchild of Opeth bassist Martín Mendéz – has unveiled a brand new single, “La Ira.” The track comes by way of the band’s third studio album, Memoria Viva, which will be released on June 28th…

Prolific Colorado metallers NECROPANTHER announce the May 3rd release of Oblivion Jones: A Tale Of False Consciousness, their latest EP, which features saxophonist Rico Jones. The cover art, track listing, preorders, and lead single “The Denver School” have today…