Latest News on the Metal Music Battlefield

ROCKSTADT EXTREME FEST moves to spacious Ghimbav near Brasov for 2026, with bigger stages, better camping, and legendary lineups.

Nuremberg brutal death metal band SADISTIC IMPALEMENT release new single and video "Malleus Maleficarum" from latest album Screams Of The Abyss.

Blackened death metal supergroup SINSAENUM release video for "Last Goodbye" from upcoming album In Devastation, out August 8.

Connecticut death metal band WHAT WEAPONS BRING WAR release new single "Doombringer" from their latest EP, now available.

Heavy metal band INCITE release new single "Lies" with lyric video, from upcoming album Savage New Times out August 15.

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Supergroup SUN DONT SHINE featuring Kirk Windstein and former Type O Negative members release new single "Coming Down" ahead of July EP.

Symphonic deathcore titans LORNA SHORE release official video for latest single "Unbreakable," directed by Eric Richter.

Columbia deathcore band SEVERED BY DAWN release brutal new track and video "Failure In Death," now streaming on YouTube.

Melodic death metal band UPON STONE release new three-track EP End Time Lightning with video for opening track "Fury My Master."

Los Angeles black metal project OSKOREIEN unveil opening track "Prismatic Reason" from upcoming album Hollow Fangs, out July 18.

Multi-platinum metalcore band KILLSWITCH ENGAGE release official video for latest single "Aftermath" from upcoming album This Consequence.

Irish blackened death metal band MALTHUSIAN join Relapse Records, releasing new album The Summoning Bell on August 8 with title track video now streaming.

Finnish melodic death metal band OMNIUM GATHERUM release lead single "The Last Hero" with music video from upcoming album May The Bridges We Burn Light The Way.

North American death metal band CASTRATOR share teaser video for upcoming album Coronation of the Grotesque, out August 15 via Dark Descent Records.

Juno Award-winning Canadian death metal veterans CRYPTOPSY release uncensored NSFW version of “Malicious Needs” video ahead of new album An Insatiable Violence.

Progressive metal fusion project QUADVMIUM release surreal animated video for "Adhyasa" from debut album Tetradom.

Melodic doom/death metal band NAILED TO OBSCURITY release new single "Spirit Corrosion" with music video, fourth single from upcoming album Generation Of The Void.

Veteran extreme goth metal band CRADLE OF FILTH release new video for "Demagoguery" from latest album The Screaming Of The Valkyries.

Melodic death metal group WARMEN, featuring former Children Of Bodom members, release title track and lyric video from upcoming album Band Of Brothers.

Technical death metal band ESCHATON return with star-studded lineup on new album Techtalitarian, now streaming in full via Transcending Obscurity Records.

Melbourne death metal quintet ZERSTIREN release brutal new single and video "Tarrare," now streaming on YouTube.

Ottawa Valley death/thrash metal band BRED FROM HATE release new video for "Power Of Hate" from their self-titled album.