Leeds post-hardcorers KILL THE SILENCE are back with their hugely captivating new EP, Resolve, set for release on Friday 17th April. The band have also just released their alluring new single and video, The Final Word - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-Z5rsDi_dU . Listen to the band at https://open.spotify.com/artist/190ULwkT4wrUba7vLSo4Bv .
Newcastle, UK; 13 February 2026: The team behind Fortress Festival and Reaper Agency UK has announced a brand-new event, Tynebound, set to take place in the North East of England. Following the success of the sold-out Fortress Festival editions in Scarborough, this new gathering brings a focused curation of raw and atmospheric black metal to Newcastle.The event will be held across two days on 5-6 September at Anarchy Brew Co. To mark the first edition, Anarchy Brew Co. will release a curated range of limited brews, including a specially commissioned Fortress IPA.
Worm has incessantly built upon their sonic palette of ’Necromantic Black Doom‘, with roots in nearly every worthy corner of extreme metal‘s history - from the grandiose heights of ’90s symphonic black metal to the emotional technicality of ’80s shred metal. Today Worm emerge with their next studio album and first release with Century Media Records, Necropalace. The Floridian band have only grown more powerful, showcasing a level of grandiose songcraft that is beyond modern compare. On Necropalace, Worm has managed to do what many others in this day and age can only attempt: They walk backwards into the future.
The UK's most exciting new heavy band, HERIOT, have unveiled a new single, 'Master of Deceit', alongside a deluxe version of their globally-acclaimed debut album, Devoured by the Mouth of Hell (Century Media).[PHOTO CREDIT; Credit: Ashlea Bea]Watch the video to 'Master of Deceit' here [premieres at 4pm GMT]: https://youtu.be/hyZBQKw7UlAStream 'Master of Deceit' and access Devoured by the Mouth of Hell (deluxe) here: https://heriot.lnk.to/DevouredByTheMouthOfHell-DeluxeID
Szczecin, Poland; 12 February 2026: Hells Bells Festival has unveiled its third wave of band additions to its 2026 inaugural edition. Leading the charge is one of the most iconic voices in heavy metal history, Dirkschneider, who will bring a career-defining set of Accept classics to the Szczecin riverfront on 26-27 June 2026.Dirkschneider will arrive in Szczecin with a very specific mission: a set comprised entirely of Accept’s greatest hits. While the performance will lean heavily on the legendary “Balls to the Wall” album, fans can expect other Accept anthems too.
Beware of the antlers!Ahead of their next quest - an extensive tour throughout USA and Canada with support coming from Ov Sulfur and Atlas - Orbit Culture have released a live video for the fan favourite 'The Storm'. The video was filmed by Riivata Visuals and Grimvisions during their highly successful European tour last winter.[PHOTO CREDIT: Niklas Karlsson]Watch 'The Storm live' here: https://youtu.be/KQJY-8logFQ
UK technical death metal stalwarts INGESTED will release their Denigration full-length on May 8th via Metal Blade Records. For nearly two decades, Manchester‘s INGESTED has stood as one of the UK‘s most uncompromising forces in extreme metal. Champions of a sound that fuses precision brutality with increasingly dynamic songwriting, they‘ve evolved from underground slam pioneers into a globally recognized, forward-driving powerhouse. With Denigration, the band begins a bold new chapter, one defined by reinvention, sharpened purpose and the arrival of a new voice at the helm. [Photo by Jordan Burke]
German progressive metal innovators OBSCURA have released a brand-new music video for the track 'Stardust,' taken from their critically acclaimed album A Sonication, which arrived in February 2025 via Nuclear Blast Records. The visually striking clip sets the stage for the band’s upcoming global trek and offers fans a first glimpse into the sonic and thematic direction of the next touring cycle.
EVERGREY, Gothenburg’s masterminds of melancholia, offer up another outburst of beautiful darkness and turn their inner fire into something unstoppable: their intense fifteenth album, Architects Of A New Weave, will be released on 5th June via Napalm Records. Pre-order Architects Of A New Weave here: https://lnk.to/Evergrey-ArchitectsoftheNewWeave/napalmrecords
After an unforgettable debut last year, BLOODSTOCK’S WINTER GATHERING storms back this winter, bringing the spirit of the UK’s premier metal festival indoors once again for a full day of festive heaviness. Returning to take over KK’s Steelmill, Wolverhampton, on Saturday 5th December 2026, this one-day celebration promises towering riffs, intimate chaos, and all the community magic that BLOODSTOCK is known for.
London-based alt-rockers LEAP announce their signing to Epitaph Records. Hailed by Rolling Stone as a band who “will be seen on big stages,” the band has surpassed 21 million global streams on their self-released debut album ‘Entropy’ released last October. From the padded walls of a psych ward to family tragedy, LEAP’s story proves that through music, friendship, and a healthy dose of luck, it's possible to navigate life's ups and downs with grace and gratitude.
“Cryogenically Frozen” is the latest single from UK progressive death metallers CRYPTIC SHIFT. The track comes off the band‘s Overspace & Supertime full-length, set to drop on February 27th through Metal Blade Records. Issues vocalist/guitarist Alexander Bradley, “Contrasting the prolonged, cinematic opening of our previous album [Visitations From Enceladus] ’Cryogenically Frozen‘ wastes no time by bursting into a flurry of jazz fusion-esque movements as if metal had an alternate timeline progressing from the lineage of masters like Cynic, Pestilence, and Allan Holdsworth, whilst still remaining true to our death/thrashing tendencies with lightning riffs tailor-made for the headbangers and circle pitters! Simultaneously, all aspects of our songwriting propel our new character, ’The Recaller,‘ through her sci-fi adventures, beginning with a cybertronic shootout and meditations in dreams and consciousness. Being one of the shorter songs on the album defined by a pulsing verse and chorus, it ends with a moment of calm before the true centerpiece of Overspace & Supertime begins with the 29-minute ’Stratocumulus Evergaol‘ which we can‘t wait for all Astrodeath freaks to explore on the February 27th.”
