European groove metal outfit Noumenia have released a music video for their new single, Shards, out now on digital platforms via Eclipse Records. Directed by Steve Saints, the video was filmed inside White Studios in Milan, Italy. The clip uses minimal digital effects and claustrophobic framing to mirror the psychological themes of depression explored in…
Canadian melodic death and groove metal outfit Selias have released Nine Lives, the title track and second single from their forthcoming third full-length album. Formed in 2021, the band released their debut album Headshot followed by 2025’s Killkarma, which peaked at number 17 on the Metal Contraband radio charts. The group have toured across Canada…
Finnish progressive death metal outfit Cerebrum have released their new single, Jacket Full of Malice, out today via Inverse Records. The track serves as the first preview of the group’s upcoming EP, scheduled for release later in 2027. Formed in Turku in 1992, the band initially operated within old-school death metal before integrating progressive structures…
Madrid-based outfit In Vain have released their seventh studio album, Architects of Mayhem, available now on CD and digital formats through Fighter Records. Formed in 2004, the band spent two decades refining a sound that blends fast-paced thrash and speed metal with power metal hooks. Following early demos, the group issued their 2009 debut Of…
Italian doom metal trio Sickwood have dropped Vultures, the second single from their upcoming debut full-length album, May The Surface Be Condemned. The track arrives alongside an official music video produced by band members Mara Sverdrup and Maurizio Fabio Famร . Formed in Rome in late 2024 by guitarist Famร and bassist/vocalist Sverdrup, the lineup solidified…
German underground doom metal act Ail have dropped their inaugural demo, introducing a sound rooted in funeral doom, death-doom, and atmospheric doom metal. Recorded independently and self-released, the project relies on heavy, slow-paced guitar riffs, dark synthesizer layers, and raw production choices that preserve an unpolished underground sound. Information regarding the musicians behind the project…
Italian black metal band Canticum Diaboli have detailed their upcoming full-length album, Compendium Horribilis, arriving November 11th, 2026, via Ad Noctem Records across CD and digital formats. Formed in 2014 by guitarists Apostata and Laevus, the group followed their debut De Flammis et Dei Ruina and 2023 EP Ecce Pontifex Bonifatio with eight tracks centered…
Swiss blackened sludge outfit Wizards Of Wiznan have announced their new EP, The Death Of What Could Have Been. Formed in Valais in 2019, the group debuted with the 2021 stoner doom EP Experimental Brew before shifting toward a darker, heavier sound on their 2023 full-length, No Light Has No Shadow, issued via Argonauta Records.…
Extreme metal project Onsetcold have released their new single and accompanying music video, The Gates of Hell Are in Heaven. Spanning nearly eight minutes, the track reworks material originally conceived for the 2020 Death Blast project, serving as a narrative prelude set 3,000 years in the past to the world of 2025’s Apocalyptic Sleep. The…
Multi-instrumentalist Seth Metoyer has dropped Filed Down, the lead single from his upcoming alternative metal album, The Virus Of Time. Following his death/grind outfit Mangled Carpenter and 2025’s Through The Vanishing Point, the new project explores early-2000s alternative rock textures, combining heavy instrumentation with industrial rhythms and melancholic melodies. Filed Down addresses the pressure to…
