Thursday, May 15th Auri, the atmospheric folk project featuring members of Nightwish, have released their new song Shieldmaiden from the upcoming album III – Candles & Beginnings.
Wednesday, May 14th
New York based death metal quintet Artificial Brain are returning to Europe for a tour this fall, according to Occult Booking's announcement on Instagram this morning. They'll be joined by Suffering Hour from Minneapolis. The tour will run October 24, 2025 - November 8, 2025, and the stops have yet to be revealed; per Occult Booking's IG post: "The final routing will be revealed soon..."
Hawaiian punk/lofi/black metal outfit Kūka’ilimoku, is streaming a new album at its official Bandcamp location.
Titled Creation Chant, the near-long-player is an independent release since May 11.
You can listen to the entire release, right below:
https://kumysticism.bandcamp.com/album/creation-chant
Tuesday, May 13th
French metalcore outfit Even If The Sky Is Falling Down released their debut EP, A Pale Glimmer of Light, through The Coming Strife Records, a UK label known for championing the revival of old school metalcore, often referred to as revivalcore.
Bandcamp: https://thecomingstriferecords.bandcamp.com/album/tcs-147-a-pale-glimmer-of-light
Deathgrind titans Cattle Decapitation have released a behind-the-scenes documentary, clocking in at two hours, detailing the making of their latest album, Terrasite. Check it out below:
You can stream Terrasite in full here:
Sunday, May 11th
Finnish melodic black metal band Warmoon Lord released their new album, Sacrosanct Demonopathy, which is available for streaming below:
Tracklist:
00:00 Warpoems & Tragedies
04:23 Invoking the Retribution Eidolon
08:52 A Hungering Yoke
14:13 Tartaros Offering
22:01 Uncreation's Dragon
29:22 His Enigmatic Ways
35:10 Daemonic Supremacy Enthroned
39:55 Torch of Magickal Arte
Friday, May 9th
New York NY grind/hardcore outfit Stolen Gun, is streaming its debut demo at its official Bandcamp location.
Titled Demo 2025, the demonstrative player is an independent publication since May 5.
You can listen to the demo, right below:
https://stolengun.bandcamp.com/album/demo-2025
Rejoice, the Mancunian droning art-rock band with inflated brass dept. budget have finished their improvised jam sessions and started working on an actual full length album.
Titled Pain to Power, it is set to drop September 12th.
Check out the two official singles from the album below, "Break the Tension" and "Look Down on Us":
https://www.marujaofficial.co.uk/news/article/#news-154524
Thursday, May 8th
Symphonic power metal band Moonlight Haze released their new single, Awakening, from their upcoming album Beyond, set for release on May 23:
Pre-order/Pre-save: https://bfan.link/beyond-6
3 Doors Down singer Brad Arnold has revealed that he has been diagnosed with stage four kidney cancer.
He broke the news through his Instagram on Wednesday, stating that it was stage four clear cell renal cell carcinoma that has metastasized into his lung. He says that he is "sincerely [...] not scared of it at all" and for listeners to "lift me up in prayer every chance you get".
The band has cancelled all of their upcoming tour dates and has updated their website with Arnold's video message.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DJXB8hbOoot/?hl=en
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/07/entertainment/3-doors-down-brad-arnold-cancer-diagnosis
Wednesday, May 7th
Australian metalcore band Parkway drive have released a new song "Sacred", which is the band's latest music since their last album, 2022's Darker Still. As of this writing, it is unclear if this is a standalone single or a harbinger of a new album.
Toby Driver revealed details regarding the upcoming, eleventh Kayo Dot studio album, Every Rock, Every Half-Truth Under Reason. Due out on August 1st through Prophecy Productions, it sees the original line-up reunited, alongside old and new collaborators, who took part in the 20th anniversary tour for Choirs of the Eye.
According to Driver, the upcoming LP ''marks both a return and a progression from the band’s seminal debut by revisiting the compositional practices that defined it while pushing forward into uncharted territory. Rejecting traditional rock structures and the more predictable contours of metal, Every Rock… shapes a sound that feels familiar and alien at once, where custom-designed microtonal organs and guitars weave an effort to reconcile the impossible tension between past and future. Moving away from the typical emphasis on low-end frequencies, it floats instead in the upper spectrum, where the textures become more fragile, more intimate, and more a ... more
Tuesday, May 6th
Stoner rockers Gaupa ("lynx" in Swedish) released the new song Ten of Twelve via Nuclear Blast Records. This and the previous single Heavy Lord will both be on their upcoming ep entitled FYR ("lighthouse" in Swedish - but it can also mean "to set something on fire" or "4"). This will be the first release without their former guitarist Daniel Nygren. The ep is set for a release on July 4th
FYR:
1. Lion's Thorn
2. Heavy Lord
3. Ten of Twelve
4. Elastic Sleep
Philadelphia PA power/doom metal outfit Behölder, is streaming its debut album at the official Bandcamp location of Black Lion Records.
Titled In the Temple of the Tyrant, the long player was officially published on April 25.
You can listen to the entire release, right below:
https://beholderblacklion.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-temple-of-the-tyrant
Sunday, May 4th
Beloved hardcore mainstays Deadguy have come out of a long retirement to release their second full-length album ever. Near-Death Travel Services is set to release on June 27 through Relapse, preorders and the first track are available on Bandcamp now:
https://deadguy666.bandcamp.com/album/near-death-travel-services
"Kill Fee" is also accompanied by a music video:
Hellenic grunge/alternative/heavy rock outfit Rainyard, is streaming its debut album at its official Bandcamp location.
Titled Powerslide, the long player is an independent publication since April 20.
You can listen to the entire release, right below:
https://rainyard.bandcamp.com/album/powerslide
Saturday, May 3rd
Pittsburgh-based deathcore band Immortal Disfigurement, fronted by former Lorna Shore vocalist CJ McCreery, have released a new single titled Gospel of Annihilation. The track continues the band’s blend of brutal breakdowns and symphonic elements.
Wolfgang Van Halen’s rock band Mammoth WVH have released a new music video for their track "The End", featuring guest appearances from Danny Trejo and Slash:
West Virginia metalcore act fallfiftyfeet have released their new album Counterfeit Recollections:
The record is streaming now on all major platforms: https://found.ee/CounterfeitRecollections
Christian rock band Kutless released another new single, The new track is called 'Midnight', keeping the aggression heard on previous singles 'Words of Fire' and 'End of the World'.
Listen to the track below or stream it on most popular services online.
Earlier two singles:
Friday, May 2nd
Sixteen years after disbanding, UK metalcore band Eternal Lord have officially announced their return via Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eternallord_
The band revealed they’ve begun rehearsing, recording demos, and are eager to return to the stage.
Originally active during the mid-2000s MySpace era, Eternal Lord made a name for themselves between 2006 and 2008 with their blistering blend of deathcore and metalcore. In April 2007, they joined All That Remains on the Fall of Ideals European Tour, sharing the bill with Textures and Misery Signals.
In 2008, drummer Stuart McKay abruptly left the group just before a scheduled U.S. tour alongside The Acacia Strain, All Shall Perish, and Since The Flood. Around the same time, vocalist Ed Butcher (formerly of The Hunt for Ida Wave and I Killed the Prom Queen) also departed to pursue a career as a firefighter.
To revisit their sound or discover it for the first time, stream som ... more
µ-Ziq’s independent record label Planet Mu turns 30 this month, announcing a V/A release to mark the occasion, with a double-CD version also available for pre-order. Originally a subsidiary of Virgin Records, Planet Mu was a pioneering force for IDM, jungle, and breakcore, and continues to platform forward thinking electronic music from around the world.
Simply titled Planet Mu 30, the compilation boasts a heavyweight roster of artists, including RP Boo, Luke Vibert, Traxman, and FaltyDL.
You can stream the pre-release tracks from JLin, Venetian Snares, and Rian Treanor on Planet Mu’s bandcamp.
https://planetmu.bandcamp.com/album/planet-mu-30
Kauan announced a brand new album, Wayhome, due out on November 7 through Artoffact Records. Reportedly the most ambitious project of the group so far, it utilizes a 22-piece choir and at certain moments 1000 tracks, maxing out Logic Pro's multitrack limit. Aside from the vinyl, CD and streaming, it will also be available on Apple Music in Dolby Atmos.
The first song available for listening is "leave / let go". According to the band it serves "as both a standalone meditation and a crucial piece of the record’s larger narrative, the track captures the emotional weight of release—whether that means parting with a person, a place, or a former self. The song explores the act of departure as a form of healing—a necessary unraveling. It’s a pause on the larger journey, a moment of both surrender and transformation. In the context of Wayhome’s evolving fabric motif, “leave / let go” is where the first signs of wear appear: slight tears, faded color ... more
Pop-Punk band New Found Glory released the first single off their upcoming yet unannounced album called "100%"
The new song is also a celebration of a new chapter for the band with Pure Noise Records.
You can listen the new song below :
Wednesday, April 30th
"Dreaming of the day I die," says Chris Daughtry on his band's newest single "THE DAY I DIE," released on Friday via Big Machine Records. Presumably the lead single to the band's expected forthcoming EP Shock to the System, Part 2, after Part 1 arrived in September, the track continues Daughtry's progression towards lyrically dark and sonically heavy material, boasting of punishing instrumentals and screamed vocals from the American Idol alum on the outro.
Listen to it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8SJzKZHlnM
Monday, April 28th
Low Before the Breeze have announced their debut record, A Hole Beneath The Home We Shared, to be released May 30th, 2025 via Terminus Hate City Records. Accompanying single, Cadaver Synod, expands on the bands' blackened hardcore sound with elements of post metal and doom incorporated.
Preorders / Streaming:https://lowbeforethebreeze.bandcamp.com/merch
Sunday, April 27th
Finnish medieval/epic black metal outfit Kaikkivaltias, is streaming a new album at its official Bandcamp location.
Titled Routaa Ra Rautaa, the long player is an independent publication since April 17.
You can listen to the entire release, right below:
https://kaikkivaltias.bandcamp.com/album/routaa-ja-rautaa
After 19 years in the underground, German symphonic death metal band Aeonyzhar have finally released their debut album, The Profane Era.
Tracklist:
1. A New Age of Enlightenment
2. I Spit in the Face of Forgiveness
3. Hymn of the Golden Age
4. Divine Hybrid Euphoria
5. The Profane Era
6. Proclamation
7. Illuminate
8. Ulysses
9. Dystopia
10. Non Serviam
Available here: https://aeonyzhar666.bandcamp.com/album/the-profane-era
Saturday, April 26th
German metal band ANCST unveiled their latest album "Dominion", which can be streamed on bandcamp: https://angstnoise.bandcamp.com/album/dominion
American metalcore outfit, Fit For A King, have released a new single - titled 'No Tomorrow'.
The track is expected to be featured on the band's upcoming eighth album, with this still yet to be announced following the 2022 release of their previous studio effort, The Hell We Create.
Listen to 'No Tomorrow' here:
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